The Diplomat
The German Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas, declared yesterday that his country does not plan to increase “in the near future” travel restrictions to Spain despite the increase of coronavirus cases in our country.
Germany has increased entry restrictions from Portugal because of the increase in cases of COVID-19 due to the spread of the Delta variant, but, in the case of Spain, the data “are not worrying at the moment” because the Delta variant is not so widespread and, therefore, “There are no indications that we will have to take decisions again in the near future that will prevent German tourists from going on vacation to Spain,” Maas declared during the press conference following the Stockholm Initiative meeting in Madrid and hours after meeting with his Spanish counterpart, Arancha González Laya, with whom he discussed the pandemic.
Germany has “full confidence” in the Spanish authorities” and will act according to how the pandemic evolves, but for the time being, “those who are vaccinated will have a good summer everywhere, especially in Spain”, he added. In any case, the German government has already declared 17 Spanish regions as risk areas, including some important tourist destinations such as the Costa del Sol, the Costa Brava and Barcelona.
