British tourists now allowed to travel to Spain with no quarantine on arrival

Great news for sun-seekers, Brits are now allowed to enter Spain freely without the need for quarantine on arrival. 

Spain’s foreign minister has explained that Britons will be ‘freely’ welcomed in Spain from June 21st without any need for quarantining on arrival.

The minister has also called for the UK to enter a similar agreement.

The unfortunate news is, although you can go to Spain without quarantine, you will currently still have to quarantine for 14 days when you return back to the UK.

However, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under pressure to create ‘air bridges’ with nations that have COVID-19 under control, to exempt them from quarantine when they arrive to the UK. 

The government is expected to outline the next phase of the border plan this week. 

The Spanish foreign minister, Arancha Gonzalez Laya, told BBC news: “We will allow British visitors to enter Spain just like the rest of the European Union as from June 21 freely and without the need for a quarantine.

“We’re discussing with the UK authorities to see if they would do the same on their side, we nevertheless are doing this out of respect for the 400,000 British citizens that have a second residence in Spain and are dying to benefit from their homes in our country.

“We do hope they (the UK Government) will be sensitive to the 250,000 Spaniards that are also living in the UK and would like to enter the UK without a quarantine.”

Visitors to Spain can expect ‘triple checks’ on their origin, temperature and contact point according to Ms Gonzalez Laya, as the country stems the re-spread of coronavirus. 

Portugal’s ambassador to the UK has also said the nation wants to welcome tourists from Britain again now their coronavirus levels have been reduced.

Manuel Lobo Antunes told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “There was very good news for you, for us, for Europe that the alert system has come from four to three and that means a significant improvement in the control of the pandemic here in the UK.

“We think that the situation is under control and we would be happy to receive, as before, as many British as possible.”

It is important to know that the UK’s Foreign Office’s advise is still that British nationals should avoid all non-essential international travel.