Spain Closed till end of Summer ?

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At a meeting of the UN World Tourism Organization's executive council in Madrid on Tuesday, Pedro Sánchez said that he was "convinced" that once 70% of the population had been vaccinated, Spain would be "progressively" better prepared to receive foreign tourists.
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Spain "better prepared" for foreign tourism by the end of the summer

"The government is working on vaccinating at the greatest possible rate". Pedro Sánchez says that 70% of the population will have been vaccinated by the end of the summer.
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That’s probably about right. This is the latest info we have here in Spain.

www.vacunacovid.gob.es

Vacunación COVID-19: claves de la estrategia y recomendaciones actuales

jueves, 21 de noviembre de 2024. España se convirtió en uno de los líderes en la vacunación frente al COVID-19 tras la puesta en marcha, a finales de 2020, de una estrategia común basada en una vacuna segura, eficaz, voluntaria y gratuita. En la actualidad, la vacunación se recomienda a los...
www.vacunacovid.gob.es www.vacunacovid.gob.es

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Looks like we will be booking something for the Uk instead. Spain will be off the list for 2021. So will make plans for 2022. Going to be a lot of disappointed people out there especially on MHFun ..
 
I have never used MHFun. Is it any good? :unsure:

Starting something with 'fun' in the title is kinda presumptuous, imho.

Almost guarantees disappointment from the off! ;) :cool:

Apologies, I'm such an old cynic... :censored:
 
I suspect most of Europe will be "Out of Bounds" for most of 2021..Shame but probably needed !

What is the name of that TV programme (Not going out ?)
 
We were hoping to get over there later in the year, possibly late September / October so the wife can have a look at her little brothers new property in Tormos.

Even that is now looking to be hold :(
 
QFour said:
Looks like we will be booking something for the Uk instead. Spain will be off the list for 2021. So will make plans for 2022. Going to be a lot of disappointed people out there especially on MHFun ..
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No, they still think the Spanish economy will go bust if they aren’t allowed to travel there....
 
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Oops..
Snapster said:
Surely then it will be 366 days of rain?
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Correct.
I tend to err on the optimistic side by 9.30 on a Saturday night.
Especially when I've had a large shot of Muscatel wine over my pudding.

I was thrown out of Yorkshire because of over- optimism.

Based in Altrincham, over the Summer, we always had a laugh, when they started talking about standpipes, after 3 consecutive rainless days.
 
Snapster said:
No, they still think the Spanish economy will go bust if they aren’t allowed to travel there....
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Not quite, but tourism is worth 5% of Spain's GDP, so although it might be generally considered insignificant, guess that depends on whether you work in the tourism sector or not... ?

"During the last four decades Spain's foreign tourist industry has grown into the second-biggest in the world. A 2015 survey by the World Economic Forum proclaimed the country's tourism industry as the world's most competitive. The 2017 survey repeated this finding.

By 2018 the country was the second most visited country in the world, overtaking the US and not far behind France.
With 83.7 million visitors, the country broke in 2019 its own tourism record for the tenth year in a row.

The size of the business has gone from approximately €40 billion in 2006 to about €77 billion in 2016. In 2015 the total value of foreign and domestic tourism came to nearly 5% of the country's GDP and provided employment for about 2 million people.

The headquarters of the World Tourism Organization are located in Madrid."
 
I don't think Schengen rules will be a problem for most of these short term visitors. Also offset by people taking Spanish residency to get round Schengen. Might hit some specific businesses maybe but can't see it being a real difficulty for Spanish economy
 
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