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Spain and The Canary Islands to attempt to restart safe tourist activity from July, though the islands counsel patience
The Spanish Government has, as of this Saturday May 23, begun the daunting task of trying to set out how international tourists can start return to the country in time for this 2020 summer season, hoping to save, at least in part, the vast expected losses caused by the corona virus shut down. The expected return of international tourists, to Spain and The Canary Islands, is a cause for great celebration, however it is to be remembered that many countries throughout Europe are still...
Beaches, Bars, Pools and Shopping centres re-open as Gran Canaria enters De-Escalation Phase 2
From Monday May 25 Gran Canaria's beaches, bars and shopping centres all begin to reopen, with restrictions and limited capacity. The government has announced that starting from Monday all the Canary Islands will enter phase 2 of the de-escalation plan, as laid out by the Spanish government. However, the final regulations have not yet been approved, so we will not know the fine detail until the Spanish State Gazette (known as the BOE) is published. These are the activities that will be allowed...
The Canary Guide: San Bartolomé de Tirajana suspends all festivities at least until end of August
Preventive measures to protect health and avoid risks, say the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, have forced the town hall to suspend all festivities and events planned until the end of August 2020. Based on superior legal provisions, as a consequence of the current pandemic, the Tirajanero Consistory (SBT town council) says it has been forced to suspend the annual festivities planned for San Juan, which are celebrated in at least two communities within this extensive municipality; as...
Forest Fire Risk Alert for Saturday 23 May on Gran Canaria, and the western Canary Islands
The Government of the Canary Islands, through the General Directorate of Security and Emergencies, has declared as of 07:00 hours on Saturday, May 23, an Alert for Risk of Forest Fires in the mid-altitude, high and summit areas of the islands of El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife and Gran Canaria. This decision has been made taking into account the available information and in application of the Specific Plan for Civil Protection and Attention to Emergencies due to Forest Fires of the...
Mogán’s beaches will open on Monday to the public but with Phase 2 restrictions
The Mogán town hall has set out a series of measures to guarantee the safety of beach users on the south-west of Gran Canaria, when the island advances to Phase 2 of the de-escalation Plan for the Transition towards a New Normality. Currently, only individual federated sportspeople are allowed on the beaches of the municipality of Mogán, but from Monday the recreational use of these public coastal spaces will also be permitted. According to the local town hall You can enjoy the beaches...
You can now be fined for straying from the paths through the Dunes of Maspalomas
The Dunas de Maspalomas Special Nature Reserve on the south of Gran Canaria is to now have a permanent surveillance team made up of 4 environmental agents and 2 officers from the Policia Local of San Bartolomé de Tirajana. The Maspalomas Dune system is unique in the Canary Islands will be maintained by a specialist environmental care team of 7 people. Members of the public are no longer to be allowed to just wander through the dunes. The four Environment officers and the policia local...
Phase II: Canary Islands beaches to reopen for recreational use from Monday
All beaches throughout the Canary Islands will be allowed to re-open for sun bathing and swimming from Monday under Phase II de-escalation rules.
Face masks in public places to be mandatory in Spain
Spain’s Minister of Finance and government spokesperson, María Jesús Montero, announced on Sunday, at a press conference, the mandatory use of face masks in public places, likely to form part of the de-escalation plan as they seek support for a latest one-month extension to the State of Emergency. The move comes following requests from several of the country’s autonomous regional governments, despite initial resistance from central government to legislate on mask use, following divisions and...
For the first time in two months Canary Islands have reported no corona virus deaths for 5 days running
Thankfully, the death toll, related to this initial wave of Covid19, here in The Canary Islands, remained until this Sunday morning at just 151 individuals since last Monday May 11. The number detected and diagnosed throughout the archipelago rose a little further on Friday to 2,289 according to the latest data from the Canary Islands Government Ministry of Health, updated at 8:00 p.m. this Saturday, which shows that we have detected 106 people with coronavirus for every 100,000 of the Canary...
Gran Canaria’s southern apricot harvest has been reduced by 70% due to calima and drought
The south of Gran Canaria is currently in the middle of the Tirajana apricot harvest. The municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana have predicted that the harvest will see a 70% reduction, having gone from 100,000 kilos last year to a forecast of 30,000 kilos of fruit for 2020, beingf of good quality. The February calima, which caused significant damage to the flowering of the earliest apricot varieties, as well as a severe lack of rain that has been suffered over recent years, has led to a...
