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Canary Islands tourist board update the HelloCanaryIslands website with COVID-19 testing information for international travellers
The Canary Islands Government Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce have been working very hard to try to keep potential visitors well informed and are now intensifying communication across all their channels, starting with their main HelloCanaryIslands.com website, to update the information on the entry into force of the new decree, as of Thursday December 10, that will regulate access to the destination for international travellers using either an antigen test or PCR test result. ...
The Canary Islands want a special deal in agriculture export and tourist mobility with the UK, through the EU negotiations
The Canary Islands have been trying to negotiate a special deal with the United Kingdom as of January 1, 2021 in terms of agriculture for export and tourism mobility, according to the Vice President and Minister of Finance, Budgets and European Affairs, Román Rodríguez, last week in the regional parliament. In a parliamentary appearance in relation to Brexit, the vice president indicated that the Government of Spain has been kept informed of all matters of interest to the Canary Islands before...
Canary Islands decree they will accept Antigen tests for travellers and holidaymakers on arrival
It has been confusing, all this talk of testing for COVID-19. Canary Islands Regional Minister for Tourism, Yaiza Castilla, and Canary Islands President, Ángel Víctor Torres, have been demanding tests for travellers since at least March of this year, when the pandemic responses across Europe and the world near enough shut down tourism. Once the first peak was passed, the Canary Islands Regional Government already had in place various methodologies and protocols that would allow them to...
Cara al Sol – Fascism marches with its ‘face to the sun’ as far-right vox party protest in Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria against migrants
Editor-in-Chief - Edward Timon .:.Spain has come a long way over the last 45 years and since it became a "Social Democracy" with the 1978 passing of the Spanish Constitution, being celebrated across Spain this weekend, during the 6th of December Constitution Day holiday culminating on Sunday. Almost all Spanish political parties celebrate the country's transition away from the ultra right wing dictatorship under which it spent four dark decades. Though Spain's far-right vox party confess...
Christmas restrictions on get togethers and gatherings limited to 6 people, or 10 who live together
The Canary Islands Governing Council, in its session on Thursday, December 3, approved a set of specific Christmas restrictions measures for the Canary Islands this year, which aim to contain the spread and transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes the COVID-19 disease. The maximum number of people at any social or family gatherings that take place, whether in spaces for public or private use, enclosed or outdoor, will be limited to six people, except if they all live together,...
Antigen test results for travellers to be decreed valid by Government of the Canary Islands
The Government of the Canary Islands have decided that they will take matters into their own hands, and have declared that they will allow the antigen test, as an alternative to PCR, as a valid way for travellers to prove themselves negative for Covid-19 when visiting the archipelago. The decision represents a "visible difference of criteria" from the Spanish Ministry of Health, according to the spokesman for the regional government, Julio Pérez who spoke this Thursday. Confusion has reigned...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 4-8 December 2020
It's been a long time coming but 'welcome to December 2020' and a new edition of The Weekend Tips for events and leisure on Gran Canaria 4-8 December. This one is going to be a long weekend with two bank holidays coming up, making it an option for many locals to enjoy an extended “puente”, long “bridge” weekend. This Sunday is Spanish Constitution Day (Día de la Constitución) and marks the 42nd anniversary of the referendum held on December 6, 1978 to enshrine...
Gran Canaria demands that Spain accepts antigen tests as well as PCR results
The President of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Antonio Morales, has called on the Spanish state government to immediately authorise the use of antigen tests for travellers instead of the more expensive PCR tests to save the winter tourist season in the Canary Islands. The the island government supports the demands of the tourism sector to reactivate the main economic activity of the island, repeating that the antigen tests allow detection of the virus with a level of reliability sufficient to...
Europe now recommends no systematic testing or mandatory quarantines on travellers
The European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) have this Wednesday requested that no systematic testing or mandatory quarantines be imposed on travellers who travel between member states, saying that the risk of contagion between airline passengers is "much smaller" than among the general population, but has demanded clear and precise information for tourists about the situation at their destinations. You can download their full report here...
Spain approves €40 million contingency funding to help deal with Canary Islands migrant crisis
The Council of Ministers agreed on Tuesday to allocate €40 million from Spanish Government contingency funding to deal with this year's increase in migrant arrivals to the Canary Islands. The announcement came on the same day as a further €10 million of extraordinary funding was granted specifically to deal with unaccompanied minors who arrive on migrant boats, more than 2,500 of whom are currently being cared for on The Canary Islands. The Government pointed...
