London, Europe Brief News – Spain decided to lift all Covid restrictions on Brits‘ entry into the country.
Brits can now travel to Spain without having to prove their Covid or vaccination status.
Before, people needed to show they were fully-vaccinated, provide a negative Covid test or prove they had recently recovered.
The drop in the remaining Covid restrictions comes as families prepare to head off on half-term holidays.
Travel agents said they removed a “final hurdle” for holidays.
Other European destinations such as France, Italy and Greece lifted their rules prior to Spain.
Spain is the most popular destination for UK overseas holidaymakers.
The Spanish Health Ministry announced that people entering from outside the EU would no longer be subject to the controls.
Julia Lo Bue-Said, chief executive of the travel agent network Advantage Travel Partnership, said restrictions had been a barrier, particularly for unvaccinated people.
“We saw other destinations where restrictions were eased earlier in the year, such as Greece, benefit from an overall increase in demand over the summer”, she said.
Ms Lo Bue-Said described Spain’s move as “better late than never and good news”.
It’s not the first time Spain has been relatively slow to ease its Covid rules.
The requirement for children over the age of 12 to be double vaccinated to enter the Spanish mainland was only scrapped just before the February half-term. After tourism businesses warned that it was driving families to book trips to other countries instead.
Many countries around the world including the US still have Covid entry rules in place.
