In Spain, national tourism will not be enough to limit breakage

To Madrid

The question has almost become taboo. A mystery, at a minimum. Since the 17th of March, the land borders were closed to the greatest number, and the flights reduced to the minimum, nobody knows when Spain will reopen its doors.

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When Le Figaro put the question to the Minister of Foreign Affairs on April 5, Arancha Gonzalez Laya replied: "We will have to think, at European level, about mobility in the absence of a vaccine and a treatment against this virus . Setting a schedule is too rushed. You have to imagine a system that guarantees the safe movement of people. ”

Four days later, the ABC daily headlined: "The government is preparing to close the borders to tourism this summer." A bomb, in a country where the sector weighs 12.3% of the GDP. No one in government confirms or denies. But in view of the encouragement given to the Spanish to spend their holidays in Spain, the professionals anticipate a season without tourists

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