The collapse of tourism derived from the pandemic has caused a 40% drop in cigarette sales related to the sector.

That is to say, that

in the areas closely linked to tourist activity and that this summer have suffered a drop in the arrivals of

foreign

visitors,

sales have been reduced by almost half.

This was pointed out today by Águeda García-Agulló, president and general director of the Tobacco Table, during the presentation of the annual report on the situation of the sector.

Throughout the pandemic, this has always been considered an essential activity.

Even during the harshest months of the first wave, during the lockdown,

tobacconists were, along with supermarkets, the only shops that could remain open.

Despite this, in the areas that this summer have been empty of tourists due to the impact of the pandemic (Balearic Islands or Canary Islands, for example), cigarette sales have suffered a fall.

Less visitors, less activity.

In the Balearic Islands, for example, according to the sales data for the month of October, the decrease was 40%, five times more than that which occurred in the whole of Spain, which registered an average drop of 8.8%.

"The decrease in tourism has meant a 40% decrease in sales linked to it

. Also due to the change in habits,

" García-Agulló pointed out.

The president of the CEOE, Antonio Garamendi, who participated in the presentation, highlighted

the contribution of the tobacco sector to the Spanish economy: it generates 43,000 jobs

and a tax contribution of more than 9,000 million euros per year.

It is the fifth largest taxpayer in the state.

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