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British tourists who have received two doses of a coronavirus vaccine will no longer need a PCR test in order to travel to Spain, Spain’s prime minister announced.
Delivering a speech Friday at the tourism congress Fitur in Madrid, Pedro Sánchez said Spain will stop requiring fully-vaccinated British and Japanese tourists from undergoing a PCR test from Monday. He said the country would open up to fully vaccinated visitors from the rest of the world from June 7.
“I can announce that from the 24 May Spain will be delighted to receive British tourists again into our country,” he said.
The Spanish government has justified the decision pointing to the importance of British tourism for the country’s economic recovery. The U.K. is the biggest market for the Spanish tourism industry.
British tourists will face other restrictions and inconveniences however. The U.K. government has classified Spain as an amber-list country and recommended its citizens not to travel there for holidays. “I think it’s very important for people to grasp what an amber list country is: it is not somewhere where you should be going on holiday, let me be very clear about that,” said Prime Minister Boris Johnson earlier this week.
British residents returning from Spain must take a COVID-19 test before traveling back to England, quarantine for 10 days after their return, and take two further tests during their self-isolation.
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