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Plot Twist: UK Government suddenly includes Canary Islands in non-essential travel advice
In a sudden and surprising move from the UK, following appeals to exclude Canary Islands from their quarantine requirements, the British Government travel advisory has now been amended, but not as had been hoped for. The new advice for British travellers is now to also avoid the Canary Islands for all non-essential journeys. The move is bound to anger and further confuse a situation caused by the sudden announcement on Saturday that all returning from Spain would have to quarantine, despite...
British Government confirm they are reviewing Canary Islands epidemiological data
The BBC have reported this Monday that The British Government is discussing with the Spanish the possibilities for "air corridors" between the UK and the Canary Islands, although first they want to review the epidemiological data well and will not make an immediate decision. In a radio interview with BBC Radio Four's The World At One, ex-minister now travel broadcaster, Michael Portillo, himself of Spanish descent, expressed his consternation at the lack of thought behind the British...
Gran Canaria Tourist board working to secure an agreement with the United Kingdom
The Gran Canaria Tourism board have announced that they are working closely with the Government of the Canary Islands to support the regional administration's request to establish safe and direct air-corridors with the United Kingdom, based on the low incidence of cases related to Covid-19 in the Archipelago. "Gran Canaria is a completely safe destination, which is why the Tourist Board are aligned with the efforts initiated by the Presidency of the Canary Islands Government to avoid...
TUI will resume flights to the Canary Islands from Monday
Tour operator TUI has announced this Sunday that they will be suspending all holiday packages to Spain until August 9, with the exception of those flying to the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, to which clients will once again be able to travel starting on Monday July 27. In a statement, the popular tourism company indicated that those who were travelling to mainland Spain between July 27 and August 9 will be able to cancel or modify their reservations, while those who have packages...
Canary Islands safe and direct air corridors to the United Kingdom
The President of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, and the Minister of Tourism, Yaiza Castilla, are to hold talks with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Tourism, and representatives of the British Government, to try to prevent UK tourists from being subjected to the 14 day "self isolation" quarantine, announced this Saturday evening, when returning from their holidays on the islands. No warning was given ahead of the announcement. Popular tour operator TUI reacted angrily to...
33 people rescued in a boat adrift 6 nautical miles from Gran Canaria
Salvamento Marítimo (Marine Rescue) on Tuesday night saved 33 people adrift on board an open boat about six nautical miles southwest of Gran Canaria, according to the 112 Canary Islands Emergency and Security Coordinating Centre. Canary Islands 112 were alerted to the location of the boat at 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, transferring the rescued migrants to the Arguineguín dock , in the municipality of Mogán. Once ashore, Canarian Emergency Service (SUC) personnel, together with staff from the local...
Murder trial underway in Las Palmas over strangulation of disabled homeless man in Playa del Inglés
A wheelchair-bound homeless man, Stefan Putreanu, 61, was strangled and his body burned at an unused kiosk where he used to sleep in Playa del Inglés last year. The man accused of his murder, known only as Ali GG, has denied any involvement in the killing during the dramatic first days of his murder trial, which started on Monday before a jury in Las Palmas. Turkish born Ali GG, of Spanish nationality, is accused of having strangled the disabled vagrant and then set his body on fire at the...
Canary Islands on The New York Times front page: Southern Europe Opens Its Doors to Tourists. Not Many Are Coming. –
Music blared from a beachfront cafe along the normally bustling southwestern coast of Tenerife, the largest of Spain’s Canary Islands. But several tables sat empty, a month after a Covid-19 lockdown had ended, and the doors to many resorts remained shut. Though tourism is returning to southern Europe — stretching from Portugal to Greece — its restart has been sluggish amid new outbreaks in some countries. Bookings are down 80 percent in Italy despite government incentives. Ferries to the Greek...
The Canary Islands track and trace more contacts for every individual new corona virus case than anywhere in Spain
Click here to see the latest Canary Islands corona virus figures, updated daily. The Canary Islands Health Service manages to locate up to 27 contacts per newly detected case of Covid-19, whereas regions such as Catalonia only manage to identify no more than two on average. This was reflected in the latest report published by the Carlos III Health Institute, on the Covid-19 situation in Spain, looking at cases diagnosed between May 11 and July 15, during which time 22,997 cases of coronavirus...
€100 Fines for failure to comply with masks rules
The Canary Islands Government will activate increased controls this weekend to guarantee the use of masks as one of the most fundamental measures of protection against COVID 19. Special vigilance is to be carried out at recreational and festive gatherings such as bars, nightspots, Private parties, and celebrations in open spaces. Members of the Policia Canaria, Local Police and State Security Forces, including the Guardia Civil, will be deployed in a visible show of enforcement. Failure to use...
