The prospects for the tourism sector, the driving force behind the Spanish economy, are worsening after the decision of the United Kingdom and Norway to impose quarantines on travelers arriving from our country, something that affects closely linked tourism and the air sector, and which puts at risk over 1.5 million jobs. They are 750,000 from the tourism sector and about 900,000 from the air sector. In total 1,650,000 jobs.

These are the optimistic calculations of IATA (the International Air Transport Association) and Exceltur, the main tourist lobby, but the quarantines and the recommendations of some European countries, such as France and Germany, not to travel to Spain could aggravate the situation. The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) increases the number of jobs affected to 2.3 million in Spain.

The sector regrets that the country's reputation is being damaged from the outside, with some "alarmism". The Tourism Council of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE) met yesterday with extraordinary character "in the face of the serious situation generated by the decision of the British Government".

The CEOE asked the Government to create and convene an "interministerial working group" immediately "to address urgent measures to alleviate this crisis.

Emergency

"We are facing a national emergency situation. Tourism has a tractor effect on other industries that makes us talk about a macrosector that, if it worsens its situation further, could deepen the already dramatic figures for employment and unemployment reflected by the EPA in the second quarter, "he said in a statement. .

Tourism accounts for 13% of Spain's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and almost 13% also for employment. The United Kingdom is our main issuing market (one in four tourists who visit us is English), so the decision to impose a quarantine is a blow to the sector in the height of the high season. The tour operators TUI UK and Jet2 announced yesterday that they are canceling their flights to the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands (they had already done so to the Peninsula). The archipelagos host 50% of the British tourism that comes to our country in these two summer months.

The Alliance for Tourism Excellence, Exceltur, estimates that there are 750,000 jobs at risk in the sector, with tens of thousands unemployed and hundreds of thousands in ERTE situations.

The EPA released yesterday not very encouraging data. The share decreased this quarter in all sectors: Agriculture (-21,400), Industry (-127,000), Construction (-108,700) and Services (-816,900). In the last year, employment also fell in the four sectors. In the service sector there are already 922,200 fewer employed.

airlines

The airline sector is another of the most affected in terms of employment due to quarantines, since many airlines, although they are already operating, could adjust their offer of flights according to demand. This is expected to fall further (it is already 20% compared to last year), especially since the United Kingdom is our main tourist source market. One in four of the travelers who visit us are British.

According to IATA, there are 900,000 jobs in the aviation sector in Spain in danger and a drop in income of around 15,000 million euros is feared, as a result of the loss of almost 114 million passengers, almost half of the total registered throughout the year. of 2019. This situation would have an impact on national GDP of up to 55,000 million euros, which would be equivalent to a decrease of 4.41% of GDP, according to IATA forecasts.

In fact, Aena, which manages the Spanish airports, yesterday presented its semi-annual results with losses of 170 million euros between January and June due to the stoppage in activity.

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