on Sunday has opened in Spain after 14 weeks of emergency its borders to visitors from abroad. One of the first guests from Germany, Minister Maas the outside. From the Mediterranean coast, it is a clear message to the German tourists.
Valencia (dpa) – German foreign Minister Heiko Maas has been praised for a short visit, in Spain, the measures to be taken against the Corona pandemic in the most popular holiday destination of the Germans.
He was confident that the holiday in Spain “could take place under the best possible conditions,” he said in Valencia. At the same time he called on the German tourists, to keep to the strict rules. “This is necessary to prevent a wave in summer on the whole tourism in Europe, a second Corona.”
on Sunday (21. June), which was, after 14 weeks of a state of emergency to contain the Corona of a pandemic ended. The 47 million citizens of the country were allowed to move again for the first time in the whole country. At the same time, the limits for visitors were opened. Thus, the travel warning for the popular holiday destination for the German side.
“The Spanish government has taken very drastic measures,” said Maas. He was sure that they will ensure “that, as far as possible, safe to holiday in Spain can be made”. Also for the case that the infection numbers continue to increase, whether arrangements have been made.
Maas met in the third largest city in Spain, the foreign Minister, Arancha González Laya, visited one of the largest ports on the Mediterranean sea and the “city of arts and Sciences,” in the 1990s, built a complex of buildings with museums and other cultural institutions.
With more than 28,000 dead in connection with Covid-19, and more than 245,000 proven infection cases, Spain is one of the most difficult of the pandemic in affected countries of Europe. Meanwhile, the number of currently Infected is greatly decreased.
Spain tourism is of huge economic importance. The sector contributes about twelve percent to the gross domestic product (GDP) and employs more than 2.5 million people.
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