Spain to allow vaccinated tourists from June

Spain is now uplifting the lockdown and the country is now set to welcome the tourists soon. The Spanish Tourism officials are working to put correct protocols in place to welcome back travelers from all over the world by June. Also, Secretary of State for Tourism Fernando, Valdés announced that a digital certificate, which will also be referred to as a vaccine passport, will be necessary for proof of vaccination.

The country is also preparing to welcome tourists amid the pandemic. On this, the country’s Secretary of State of Tourism, Fernando Valdes Verelst, said: ,”Spain will be ready in June to tell all travelers worldwide that you can visit us with certainty”.

According to a Travel+Leisure report, Valdés has said, “We are doing a pilot program in May, in all our 46 airports …We are going to give all these travellers that certainty. Spain is going to be ready in June to tell all travellers worldwide that you can visit us.”

Currently, many countries including the U.S, are unable to visit Spain for a vacation due to the covid-19 pandemic

Of Spain’s population of 47 million people, more than 4 million are fully vaccinated. The government is aiming to have at least 70% of the population fully vaccinated by the end of the summer.