Most covid restrictions in the Canary Islands will be scrapped this week ahead of the schools' Easter break.
A number of rules are set to be axed, including limited capacities on both indoors and outdoor events. Theatres and cinemas will also be able to open at 100% capacity.
Rules on face masks and travel passports will still apply as they are national laws in use throughout Spain, Wales Online reports. However, the tourism industry is hopeful long-standing restrictions on nightclubs will be lifted with dancing finally given the go-ahead to resume.
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President of the Canary Islands government, Ángel Víctor Torres, said: "It is not the end of the pandemic, of course not, we must remain vigilant and if the situation worsens we will have to reintroduce them." The president also confirmed vaccine had impacted positively with 84% of the population now jabbed.
He said changes were "the next stage of normality for society” and are possible because authorities now had more tools to deal with the control of the virus and appearance of new variants. However, the full list of restrictions being banished is expected to be revealed today (Thursday, March 24).
The regional president stressed that this is a temporary suspension of the general and regional measures that, if circumstances worsen, can be reactivated again, the Canarian Weekly reports. The changes cover the Canary Islands region, which includes Tenerife, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria.
UK holidaymakers need to be fully vaccinated to travel to Spain, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands unless they have a recent recovery certificate. Younger people aged between 12-17 are able to enter Spain without being vaccinated but will need to have a negative PCR test from the previous 72 hours.
They also need to complete a Spanish passenger locator form before travel to the country. Meanwhile, hopes that mask rules would be eased in the Balearic Islands before Easter have been dashed.
Minister of health Carolina Darias said: “We need to see whether the use of masks should continue to be mandatory on public transport, in crowds and in vulnerable environments. This is what we want to do, to know the advice on how masks should be eliminated and I assure you that it will be sooner rather than later."
The Balearic Islands region covers favourite holiday destinations of Majorca, Ibiza, Menorca and Formentera. Some 84% of hotels in the Balearics are expected to be open for Easter.
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