The central government has finally reached an agreement this Friday with the regional executives of the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands that establishes a protocol to establish tourist corridors with European countries that allow the mobility of travelers in order to reactivate tourism in the two archipelagos "without putting public health at risk."
The protocol, the application of which depends on closing agreements to establish these corridors, establishes that any traveler arriving in the Canary Islands or the Balearic Islands from a territory with a cumulative incidence greater than 50 per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days must present a negative test for diagnosis of active infection performed 48 hours before the flight, at most.
If the incidence of the traveler's place of origin is 50 or less per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days, they will not have to undergo any test upon arrival at any international airport in the archipelagos.
In addition, the protocol establishes that before leaving the islands, all travelers must take an active infection diagnostic test 48 hours before the flight. According to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, these tests will be carried out in dependencies assigned by the competent health authorities, at no cost to the tourist.
In case of testing positive, you will not be able to fly and will have to quarantine in the same destination. The governments of the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands will take care of the necessary coverage in case of quarantine of positive tourists, enabling a series of accommodations planned for this purpose and would also cover health care or hospitalization if necessary.
Minister Reyes Maroto has advanced that these protocols are the first and the Government hopes to extend them to other tourist destinations on the Peninsula.
"The protocols are a useful instrument to reach agreements with our European partners that allow us to recover mobility and reactivate tourist flows in safe conditions," said Maroto, at the end of the videoconference he held with the presidents of the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres and Francina Armengol, respectively, and in which the Secretaries of State for Tourism, Fernando Valdés, also participated; Health, Silvia Cazó; and Spain Global, Manuel Muñiz.
"These tourist corridors are complementary to the recommendations that the Council of Ministers of the European Union is expected to approve next week, which seek to harmonize epidemiological criteria and the rules for restricting travel between EU countries," they explained from the Executive.
