MADRID, July 28 — Britain made a mistake when it decided at the weekend to slap a quarantine on people travelling from Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said yesterday, saying much of the Mediterranean country had a lower coronavirus infection rate than the UK. Sanchez was speaking just after...
Tuesday, 28 Jul 2020 07:57 AM MYT
Sanchez was speaking just after Britain dealt a new blow to any hopes of reviving Spain's tourism by extending guidance advising against all non-essential travel, which already applied to mainland Spain, to include the Balearic and Canary Islands. Last year, Britons made up over a fifth of foreign visitors to Spain, which relies heavily on tourism.
But the latest British move, announced shortly before Sanchez's evening interview, did not bode well for Spain's chances of getting the British government to change tack any time soon. Earlier yesterday, Spain's hard-hit hotels had offered to pay for foreign tourists to take coronavirus tests, in an effort to lure back visitors worried by a fresh wave of cases and put off by Britain's sudden imposition of a two-week quarantine.
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