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Foreign tourist flow to Spain fell by 76% in 10 months

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Foreign tourist flow to Spain fell by 76% in 10 months

Foreign tourist flow to Spain from January to October fell by 76% compared to the same period last year, most tourists came from France, Great Britain and Germany, follows from the data of the National Institute of Statistics (INE) of the country.

Spain was visited by 17.9 million foreign tourists in 10 months. In October, only one million guests arrived – 86.6% less than in the same month a year earlier.

France took the first place in tourist flow to Spain in October – 381.8 thousand travelers, which is 57.2% less than in the same period in 2019. The second place was taken by Great Britain (148.5 thousand, minus 91%), followed by Germany – 82.5 thousand guests, which is almost 93% less than in October last year.

The same countries are leading in terms of tourist flow in 10 months.

Catalonia remains the most popular region among foreign tourists for 10 months (3.7 million travelers, minus 78.5%). In second place is the Canary Islands (3.4 million, minus 68.3%), in third – Andalusia (2.59 million, minus 76.1%). Rest in Valencia and the Balearic Islands was also in demand.

Spain opened its borders to EU and UK citizens on June 21, and then allowed entry to citizens of some countries outside the EU with a favorable epidemiological situation, Russia is not among them.

Individual categories of citizens of the Russian Federation can enter Spain (citizens with a residence permit in Spain, EU countries and the Schengen Agreement; holders of national (resident) visas, students, citizens following family reasons (the fact must be documented), doctors, diplomats and others ). To do this, you will need to present the results of a PCR test for coronavirus, done no earlier than 72 hours before the trip.

On board the aircraft, you must fill out a special form and confirm that in the event of symptoms of a respiratory infection, the citizen undertakes to comply with the self-isolation regime and inform the competent medical organizations about the disease by phone.

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