Traffic jams and tourists in Tarajal on the first weekend after the reopening of the border

• After two years Spain and Morocco agree to reopen the borders of Ceuta and Melilla

• Viaje Mohamed VI invites Pedro Sánchez to the 'iftar' to inaugurate a "new stage"

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already has two entry and exit lanes enabled for greater fluidity of traffic to and from

In the early hours of the afternoon, an increase in people trying to cross into the neighboring country was noted, coinciding with the weekend.

Many of these people had

On the other hand, the number of vehicles that intend to cross through customs has also multiplied.

The

in Ceuta recalled yesterday that anyone interested in crossing the border with a vehicle must go through the loma colmenar pocketing point.

Late this afternoon, an area that presented the appearance of before the closure of the border, that is, hundreds of vehicles in lines waiting to approach the border post to prevent the access road to it from being collapsed.

The

has had to intervene to calm the spirits of the people who had been waiting for more than three hours in the pocketing esplanade.

An increase in the entry of vehicles from Morocco can also be noted.

High-end cars with license plates from

and

are crossing into the autonomous city with people coming to spend the weekend in the city.

The fluidity of passage at the border crossings will allow tourism from the neighboring country to once again become attractive in the face of the recovery of the Ceuta economy, highly disadvantaged by the closure of the border two years ago.

The hope placed in the new relationship with Morocco of merchants and hospitality businessmen from Ceuta will depend on the Moroccan tourist being able to find facilities to enter the city and not, as was the case before, waiting more than 8 hours in an endless queue to could get in.

It will also depend on the relations between the two governments to be able to reach agreements for the transit of goods, what everyone calls the opening of a commercial customs office at the

and Tarajal pass.

Something that is still pending to be dealt with in the working groups that both countries have set up to make the agreement sealed after Pedro Sánchez's visit to the King of Morocco in April effective.

At the time of writing this chronicle, normality is absolute at the Ceuta border, where traffic in both directions is still fluid.

On Friday afternoon, the two entry and exit lanes at the border crossing had already been enabled.

Many Moroccan people and also Europeans used taxis to go to the city.

Some young girls who come from

told us that they had booked a hotel in the city for Friday and Saturday night with the intention of visiting the tourist attractions that the city offers and if the weather allows it, to be able to take a bath in the beaches. of the autonomous city.

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