American tourists who are already vaccinated against covid

will be able to travel this summer to the countries of the European Union.

This has been stated by the president of the European Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen, in an interview with The New York Times.



The 27 member states "will accept, unconditionally, all those who are vaccinated

with vaccines approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA),

" said Von Der Leyen.



The vaccines that the US is administering are those of the pharmaceutical companies

Moderna, Pfizer and BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson

, all authorized by the EMA.



Tourism from the US is important for Spain because it is one of those that leaves the most money, although it is not our main source market.

In 2019, before the pandemic, more than three million visitors came from this country, 12% more than a year before

.

does not recommend traveling

The United States Department of State does not recommend traveling to Spain at the moment, according to its 'Do Not Travel' list from which it recommends its citizens to travel with caution or even not to travel to various parts of the world.



Precisely, yesterday the Tourism Board, which groups together part of the tourism sector, asked

Spain to allow the entry of tourists from the US, vaccinated or with a negative PCR, as Greece has announced that it will do this summer

.



"The Greek exception, to which Spain must join immediately, shows that we cannot continue to accept without question being hostages of the policy of Brussels, decided by a group of countries for which tourism does not have a representative weight in their economies ", according to Juan Molas, president of the Tourism Board.



The EU is finalizing the design of the community vaccination passport, which is scheduled to launch in June.


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