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The Canary Islands expect the State to improve “health guarantees” and join the arrival of Germans in June | Radio Club Tenerife | Present

International tourism will land in Canary Islands as of July 1st. This is when a good part of the airlines plan to operate with the Archipelago, complying with safety margins that are still in full debate among the countries of the European Union.

The Minister of Tourism of the Government of the Canary Islands, Yaiza Castilla, speaks before the Plenary of the Parliament / Government of the Canary Islands (Europa Press)

The Canary archipelago, however, has been invited by the State to participate in a pilot test to activate the arrival of several thousand German tourists to the islands before finishing the month of June. The Ministry of Tourism recognizes that “the health security measures proposed by the State are not enough”. This is how the regional head of the area has stated, Yaiza Castilla who points out that “we are willing to collaborate and participate, but with greater sanitary guarantees”.

“The measures that Tourism proposes to us are not enough, at least for the Canary Islands: we want tests to be done at origin, register traceability of people with absolute respect for the data protection rules and that the destinations be prepared“Castilla stressed.

From the hotel association of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Ashotel, point out that the urgency of the Balearic Islands to join the project is normal as a result of the seasonality of the sector in that place. Instead, the crossroads of the main economic sector in the Canary Islands is torn between the need to activate the economy and prudence: “tourism recovery cannot be done at any price. The establishment of health corridors with controls at origin and common criteria in the Union will allow us a high percentage of security; the sacrifice of these months would be of no use if we do not have the necessary measures “, underlines the manager of the hotel management Juan Pablo Gonzalez.

“Proofs at origin are necessary”

The debate on security measures for the tourism sector and the mobility of citizens has reached the Congress. The Minister of Tourism Reyes Maroto He has said that he contemplates the proposal of the islands to carry out PCR tests on tourists that the President of the Canary Islands, Angel Victor Torres, proposed practice 72 hours before the trip.

The deputy of Nueva Canarias Pedro Quevedo during a speech in the plenary session of Congress / JJ Guillén (EFE)

Maroto has responded in this way to deputy from Nueva Canarias, Pedro Quevedo, who has insisted on this formula is necessary so that “neither infect nor be infected”. The deputy of the Canarian nationalist formation has questioned the minister assuring that if these measures are not takenwe will hardly convince anyone to travel to the Canary Islands; the islands are risking it like no other autonomous community in the post-pandemic situation ”, he concluded.


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