Half of the mandate was given to holidaymakers on Friday as Spain said it was preparing to lift its ban on unvaccinated passengers.
Maria Reyes Maroto, Spain’s tourism minister, said it would be “a matter of days” before the country relaxed its rules to allow unvaccinated Britons, as long as they tested negative for Covid.
The ban was expected to remain in place until at least June 15th after an extension that lifted it after a summer semi-secret earlier that month.
The move brings Spain, Britain’s largest holiday market, according to France, which allows unvaccinated passengers to enter without a test, and Italy and Portugal, which allow passengers without a hit but with a negative test. Greece still requires a five-day quarantine for unvaccinated people.
Ms Marotto used a radio interview to make the unexpected announcement of the forthcoming change in the rules for all holidaymakers who want to travel to a non-EU country, including the UK.
“It will be a matter of days before we remove a restriction that may discourage tourists from outside the European Union from visiting us,” she said. “We will stop requiring a Covid certificate and allow people to enter with a negative Covid test.
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