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Man who flew to Lanzarote with COVID19 fined €1500
A passenger who flew to Lanzarote with Covid-19 last May has been fined €1,500, for having committed a "very serious" infraction in the face of coronavirus control measures. The passenger was a resident of the island, but the disciplinary proceedings began in the Spanish city of Ciudad Real, where he had traveled to be with his mother, who died of cancer, but had also contracted coronavirus. Once there, having been in contact with a positive case of the virus, a PCR test was performed....
Canary Islands residents will not need coronavirus test results to stay in hotels
Canary Islands residents will not have to submit a coronavirus test result to be allowed to stay in holiday accommodation on the islands. Once the amendments to tourism laws come into force, currently being prepared by the regional Government, residents will have to declare that they have not travelled outside the Archipelago in the 14 days prior to their stay in any tourist apartment or hotel, in an affidavit signed at checkin. Residents will need to clearly state that they have not left the...
New Canary Islands’ covid test certification law could be in place within 15 days
Regional Tourism Minister for The Canary Islands, Yaiza Castilla, has given more detail on that the new decree law obliging all visitors to certify that they have tested negative for COVID19, saying that the rules will be open enough so that certificates issued by health organizations or clinics from all the countries of tourist origin will be accepted and so that, if technological progress provides new rapid diagnostic routes, it is not necessary to reform the articles of the new covid test...
Canary Islands first region in Spain to approve COVID test results certification for tourists
Representative of various social and economic groups in the Canary Islands including the UGT and CCOO unions and employers, CEOE and CCE, and the island Cabildos, on Monday afternoon, supported a new decree law from the Government of the Canary Islands that will make possible COVID test results certification controls on tourists who arrive onto the islands, whether foreign or or domestic, from within other Spanish territories. Members of the President's Advisory Council, said they are...
State of emergency declared throughout Spain, with nightly curfews except Canary Islands
In Spain, a national state of emergency, writes LaProvincia, came into force a few minutes before 6.30 pm with the publication in the Official State Gazette (BOE) of the royal decree approved this Sunday by the Spanish Government at an extraordinary ministerial council. Special measures include restrictions on night time movement affecting the entire nation, nightly curfews except Canary Islands who, though included in the State of Emergency, will not currently be required to observe the rest...
The Canary Islands to be taken off UK non-essential international travel blacklist from Sunday
Canary Islands will be removed from UK non-essential international travel blacklist as of 4am on Sunday 25 October
Germany to lift recommendations against travelling to Canary Islands from Saturday
Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has announced this Thursday that they will be removing the Canary Islands from the regions considered at risk due to their incidence rates of coronavirus, though the rest of Spain continues to be blacklisted, which in turn will allow Germany to lift recommendations against travel to the islands. The news was posted by the President of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, on his Twitter account saying "The German government decided last night, and due...
The Canary Guide: mass events cancelled in Maspalomas including Reyes Magos and the 2021 Carnival
The deadlines needed, in the face of the ever-changing pandemic response measures, for the proper organisation of the usual seasonal mass events have made it impossible for the San Bartolomé de Tirajana town hall to guarantee the holding of these much anticipated cultural celebrations. Given the uncertainty in the evolution of the pandemic and the impossibility of establishing a date to recover "normality", the council say they have been forced to cancel the holding of mass events including...
The Canary Guide: The Carnival of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria suspends the celebration of the official festival program until 2022
The Carnival of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have suspended the official celebration of the festival program until 2022. This was communicated by the councillor Inmaculada Medina to the different representatives of the groups involved, after having spoken with each sector throughout the summer. "The uncertainty generated by the evolution of the pandemic is incompatible with the forecast and previous work required for an event of the magnitude of Carnival," explained Medina, who pointed out that...
The Government of the Canary Islands has authorised cruise ships to operate between the Canarian ports
The Government of the Canary Islands has authorised several cruise ships companies to operate between the ports of the Archipelago as of November 5, once the companies have committed to comply with the strict sanitary protocol agreed by the Public Works, Transport and Housing departments and that of Health to guarantee the safety of both tourists and residents. The negotiations process started last summer when several shipping companies approached the Government interested in activating the...
