SPAIN PREPS TO RECEIVE VISITORS BY JUNE WITH AID OF DIGITAL HEALTH PASSPORT

By: Susan Sherren for Couturetrips.com
Published: 5/2/21 3:22 PM CST

Madrid, Spain

​Spanish officials are prepping to welcome tourists back to their country by June. After a lengthy drought of tourists due to the pandemic, Spain is rolling out a digital health passport to enable tourists to enjoy the vastly popular destination once again. According to the World Tourism Organization, Spain is the country with the second-highest international tourist arrivals figures before the pandemic. This dependence on tourism represents 12% of the economy’s GDP. Secretary of State for Tourism Fernando Valdés revealed that a digital certificate would be the ticket into the country this summer. The health certificate will need to show proof of at least one of the following prior to obtaining entry into the country:

• Vaccination Status
• Recent Negative COVID-19 test
• Recent recovery from COVID-19​

During the World Travel & Tourism Council summit in Mexico, Valdés recently said," the country will be ready to receive visitors in June" and that the digital program would be "fundamental to offering travellers certainty," according to Spanish news agency Europa Press via The Guardian. Valdés emphasized, "We are doing a pilot program in May, in all our 46 airports," he said. "We are going to give all these travellers that certainty. Spain is going to be ready in June to tell all travellers worldwide that you can visit us." The government has established a rigorous vaccine program and hopes to have 70% of the population vaccinated by the end of summer. The Spanish health ministry expects to implement the passports by late June 2021. So stay tuned for further updates about the health passport roll out. Approximately 87 million tourists visited Spain pre-pandemic- Spain is very incentivized to welcome tourists back again. The Couture Trips team keeps up to date on the latest particulars on how to access and obtain a health passport for our travellers—this summer. Spain’s health officials emphasized that the health passport rollout is a high priority. Visit www.CoutureTrips.com to schedule a free vacation consultation.

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Barcelona, Spain