The decision of Germany and the United Kingdom to lift the tourist ban on the Canary Islands and include it in their safe destinations has already had a positive effect.

In the United Kingdom, travel searches increased by 30% yesterday and even reservations, already paid trips, multiplied by five

compared to recent weeks, although it was based on very low data, according to figures provided by the Destinia portal.

From Germany a great impact has not been noticed, neither in the first hours after the announcement nor today

These two countries account for 55% of

the archipelago's

tourist market

.

Half of the tourists who arrive are from these two countries, as confirmed by the Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce of the Government of the Canary Islands, Yaiza Castilla.

The decision of these two important markets has reactivated the whole tourism gear.

In fact, from this Saturday until Friday, October 30,

the airlines already have 71 flights scheduled from Germany (with an offer of 13,000 seats) and 92 from the United Kingdom,

with 18,000 seats.

"

There was a latent demand, very strong on the part of tour operators and airlines

, but that was not accompanied by passenger reservations, largely because the quarantine obligation was holding back travel decisions," according to Castile.

According to the general director of Destinia, Ricardo Fernández, "it is a very encouraging measure both for the destination and for the agencies and tour operators. It marks a path that we hope will follow other very powerful source markets for Spain and that we need them to trust us again as before".

More than half of the demand

Turespaña, which depends on the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, has also announced that it is going to "immediately" restart the actions to promote this archipelago in the tourism councils in London, Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich.

According to the UK Tourism Councilor, as soon as the news was known,

some companies have already begun to advance their flight schedules

to the Canary Islands and "very fast entries and a good volume of reservations are observed".

The counselor in Berlin has said that since the lifting of the recommendation not to travel was announced,

"the reactions have been immediate",

with the launch of travel offers to the Canary Islands with flexible booking options and coverage of medical treatments in German language. if necessary.

The United Kingdom is the first source market for the Canary Islands.

In 2019, five million Britons arrived, representing 37% of the total

international tourists who visited the archipelago.

Germany is the second market, with 2.6 million German visitors in 2019, almost 20% of the total.

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