Almost all of the Spanish beaches were returned to the public on Monday while the government continued its initiatives to bring back foreign tourists this summer and revive a shutdown industry since the introduction of containment.
In Bilbao, the capital of the Spanish Basque Country, the Guggenheim Museum has reopened, ahead of the other major cultural establishments in the kingdom, be it Prado, Queen Sofia Museum or Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum who will be able to welcome the public again on Saturday.
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To attract international visitors in July, the government has promised to offer tourists the widest health guarantees to reassure them, Spain having been particularly affected by the coronavirus epidemic.
"It is not a question of being the first to reopen, but of doing so while safeguarding the health of residents as well as visitors," Reyes Maroto, Minister of Industry and Tourism, told Telecinco TV.
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Although most Spaniards cannot yet circulate freely in the country, the Minister of Transport, Jose Luis Abalos, has suggested that trips may be authorized between the Spanish regions which are at the most advanced stage of the plan. flexibility.
He also mentioned the possibility of accepting the arrival of foreign tourists, including the French, in the Canary and Balearic Islands ahead of the reopening to international tourism, scheduled for July.
Spain, the second most popular destination in the world behind France, will begin discussions on plans to open up tourism with other members of the Schengen area, as well as with other countries.
The fate of American and British visitors, who constitute a large part of the contingent of tourists who visit Spain each year, has not yet been decided.