Spain's Mallorca island plans to welcome a limited number of Germans and other travelers in late June in a 'pilot project' to restart tourism that has been halted due to coronavirus
Spain's Mallorca island in the Mediterranean plans to welcome a limited number of Germans and other travelers in late June in a"pilot project" to restart tourism that has been halted due to coronavirus, Francina Armengol, the Regional President of the Balearic Islands said Thursday.
"We are in constructive talks with a number of local governments where we believe there may be summer holidays," Martin Riecken, TUI's Head of Communications, told CNN by phone."We don't believe that Spain as a whole, but the Balearics, also the Canary Islands, with low infection rates, where local governments have made good progress.
Mallorca and the other three islands of the Balearics archipelago have been actively preparing for the re-opening, Armengol said.The Balearics last year had 16 million tourists, a fourth of them from Germany. This year, due to coronavirus, they predict just 4 million to 6 million visitors. Tourism is 30 percent of local GDP and worth about €10 billion , said Iago Negueruela, the Balearics head of tourism, who also attended the video call with journalists.
Armengol said Balearics hospital ICU beds were not stretched to the limit during the height of the pandemic, like in some other parts of Spain. This summer, health workers would immediately test travelers, who show any symptoms of the virus, even very slight ones and would isolate them if they test positive.
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