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ARCHIVED - Spain remains on UK amber travel list
A boost for Spanish tourism and British holidaymakers as the threat of “amber plus” recedes
The UK government announced on Thursday August 5 that Spain is to remain on the “amber list” of international travel destinations, providing welcome news not only for British holidaymakers but also for the tourism sector in Spain – and of course expats living in Spain and hoping for quarantine-free travel to see friends and families back home.
Spain thus remains in the same category as Greece and Italy, along with Portugal, which at one time achieved green list status. As a result, travellers returning to the UK do not need to observe a 10-day quarantine period unless they are unvaccinated adults.
For holidaymakers heading for Spain the UK government continues to recommend a PCR test within 3 days prior to departure and another two days after arrival, with the modifications to Britain’s travel regulations coming into forced at 4.00 in the morning on Sunday August 8.
There had been fears that Spain might be upgraded to the “amber plus” list or even the “red list”, but recent decreases in Covid incidence rates may have helped to convince the UK authorities that this will not be necessary. Spain still has one of the highest 14-day Covid incidence rates in the EU at 633 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, but the figure has fallen by 10 per cent or so since last week and further improvement can be expected in the near future.
Elsewhere in Europe Germany (with an incidence rate of only 32), Austria (65), Slovenia (57), Slovakia (17), Latvia (39), Romania (9), and Norway (67) are to be added to the green list on Sunday morning, while France moves from “amber plus” to “amber”.
It goes without saying that the news has been welcomed by the Spanish tourist industry, which is estimated to have lost 7.4 billion euros’ worth of economic activity this year due to the absence of British visitors. In June, as flights resumed, just 142,000 arrivals from the UK were reported: this may seem a lot, but it pales into insignificance alongside the figure of over 2 million in June 2019!
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