Despite the claims of the Prime Minister,

Pedro Sánchez

, and the Secretary of State for Tourism,

Fernando Valdés

, the United Kingdom does not seem to consider, at least for the moment, including Spain in its green list as safe destinations in the planned review for next June 7. It does contemplate the possibility, according to various English media, of applying the protocol

to those islands with which the British territory has direct flights

, that is, with the Balearic and Canary Islands.

Entering that list means that tourists do not have to perform a

ten-day

quarantine

upon their return and that they do not need

two PCR tests

on days 2 and 8 of their confinement, so, in addition to making the trip cheaper, it makes things easier for the time that visitors can request days off from their jobs. "It would be the ideal, really, because we have direct flights to those areas that cannot be accessed by land," said Transport Minister

Grant Shapps

, in statements collected by the BBC. "Of course, there is a difference between an assumption and the way we can make it work based on the data, data that the Biosafety Council has not yet provided us with."

For the Balearic and Canary Islands to convince this organization that they are a destination with a safe epidemiological situation, they have to demonstrate not only that the number of cases is

at levels considered acceptable

, but also that they have

high vaccination ratios

and that have sufficient means of genomic sequencing to detect variants of the coronavirus among their population. "This, in very small places, can become a problem," acknowledged the conservative minister.

However, the British Government is aware that, given the good situation in which the country is, and already proven that the vaccine is effective in drastically reducing deaths due to the pandemic, it cannot continue to prevent during much longer than its citizens go out to enjoy the holidays. For this reason, the option of marking archipelagos such as the Balearic Islands or the Canary Islands as safe destinations, but also

others in the Mediterranean or the Caribbean

, may slightly relieve the pressure.

In this way, on June 7, the date on which the next review of potential safe destinations is scheduled to take place, Spain, as a country, can remain

in the amber band

, but not the islands. This, although it would be good news for the archipelagos, would also be a blow to the rest of the territory, since the 18 million Britons who visited our country each year spent more than 17,000 million euros.

In fact, right now the one who has the most ballots to improve their situation is the

Canary Islands

, the only Spanish territory to which the British Government recommends traveling even though it is not on the green list. "Spain would be delighted to welcome British tourists again," Pedro Sánchez recently acknowledged. "They will be welcome to our country without restrictions of any kind."

However, if it does not succeed on June 7, the next review in which Spain could choose to be included as a safe destination would already be

at the beginning of July

, because, despite the fact that a country can downgrade at any time , 'promotions' are only contemplated every three weeks.

In any case, the reopening of the borders for non-essential travel carried out on May 17th made many British people, mainly those who do not have work obligations, but do reside in Spain, such as retirees, to ignore the recommendations of the Government and traveled to Spanish territory.

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