英国打败西班牙 英国宣布对西班牙实行入境隔离

英国宣布对西班牙实行入境隔离  

Britain abruptly imposed a o-week quarantine on all travellers arriving from Spain after a surge of coronavirus cases
a dramatic and sudden reversal on Saturday to the opening of the European continent to tourism after months of lockdown.
The quarantine requirement takes effect from midnight (2300 GMT on Saturday)
making it almost impossible for travellers to avoid it by rushing home.
The British foreign ministry also advised against all but essential travel to mainland Spain
a move likely to prompt tour operators to cancel package holidays and trigger claims against insurers.
英国外交部还建议，除非必要，不要前往西班牙大陆旅行，此举可能会促使旅游运营商取消旅游套餐，并引发针对保险公司的索赔。
Europe's biggest travel pany TUI said it was cancelling all departures on Sunday to Spain from the United Kingdom
and was urgently reviewing future flights.
"We're incredibly disappointed that we didn't get more notice of this announcement
or that this decision wasn't made yesterday
as many Brits travel on holiday at the weekend
" said TUI's UK managing director
Andrew Flintham.
EasyJet and British Airways said they did not plan to cancel flights over the ing days.
Spain's Canary and Balearic Islands are not covered by the advice to avoid travel to the mainland
but holidaymakers returning to Britain from the islands will still be subject to quarantine on return.
Britain's government urged employers to be "understanding" towards staff who are unable to return to work for o weeks after ing back from holiday.
Transport minister Grant Shapps himself will be subject to quarantine
after a spokesman confirmed that he is currently on holiday in Spain.
The British move followed steps last week by other European countries. On Friday Norway said it would re-impose a 10-day quarantine requirement for people arriving from Spain
while France advised people not to travel to Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia.
But the total collapse of tourism from Britain would have far more impact. Britons made up more than 20% of foreign visitors to Spain last year
the largest group by nationality. Tourism normally accounts for 12% of Spain's economy.
Spain had been on a list of countries that the British government had said were safe for travellers to visit - meaning tourists returning home would not have to go into quarantine.
The announcement of such lists just weeks ago had allowed Europe's tourism sector to begin to revive after the near total shut-down prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Spain is safe for tourists and Spaniards
the government insisted on Sunday after Britain abruptly imposed a o-week coronavirus quarantine on travelers returning from there
a decision that filled holidaymakers with dismay.
The UK move could deal a hard blow to efforts to restart the Mediterranean country's economy after months of lockdown.
"Spain is safe
it is safe for Spaniards
it is safe for tourists
" Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya told reporters.
The Spanish government will focus its efforts on trying to persuade Britain to exclude the Balearic and Canary islands from the quarantine measure
she said
adding that the prevalence of the virus in those popular travel destinations was much lower than in the United Kingdom.
Spain has seen COVID-19 cases rise in the last few weeks
and Britain announced late on Saturday it was taking the country off a safe-travel list. The quarantine took effect hours later.
The measure upset the plans of many people either on holiday or planning to take one and caused more disruption for airlines and tour panies.
While Gonzalez Laya avoided directly criticizing the UK move
British tourists traveling in Spain were more blunt.
"It's a bit crazy considering the restrictions in place in Spain already are really good
with the masks
with disinfecting everything
with hand wash in the shops. That's better than what we have in London
" Rich Lambert
a munications officer
said at Barcelona's airport.
"This is ridiculous. There are almost no cases here and there's a far higher chance of contracting it when I get back to Britain
" said John Snelling
50
from Stratford-upon-Avon
who was on holiday in Menorca.