The Government of Andalusia wants to offer vacationers a form of COVID insurance that covers things such as medical expenses to boost tourism and attract visitors to the Costa del Sol. qatar dale
The Costa del Sol, after one of Spain's worst years for tourism, has announced that it will offer "free coronavirus insurance" to boost tourism in that area. The Government of Andalusia wants to offer tourists who visit the area "peace of mind," while enjoying their stay in the South of Spain.
Andalusia isn't the first Spain region to do this, as it is similar to the one introduced in the Canary Islands earlier this year. The insurance will be introduced in Costa del Sol in January 2021, it is 100% free of charge and will cover medical expenses and hospital costs, as stated by the authorities, if vacationers take COVID-19 during their stay.
This coronvirus insurance is part of the selection of new initiatives to stimulate tourism in Andalusia after the catastrophic summer. A discount voucher offering a 25 percent reduction on trips exclusively for national visitors (offered to Andalusians traveling in the area from October 2020 to May 2021) was also announced while Community Tourism Minister Juan Marín clarified that tourism insurance will also cover international travelers.
But will these measures prove to be too late? Much damage was already done by consulting the figures as 204,926 international visitors came to Spain in June, down 97.7% from the same month in 2019. According to data provided by expat news agency The Local, tourism spending also decreased in Spain in the first half of the year by 70.6 per cent, with the sector losing 27,3 million visitors and 28,4 billion euros in revenue in the first half of the year during the pandemic.
Rural Spain loses less jobs than big cities because of COVID-19!
If you live in Spain or plan to move, rural Spain may not be your ideal destination automatically. However, Spain's inland areas, often known as the 'España Vaciada (Empty Spain), can be a perfect place for real estate investment, as the effects of the coronavirus crisis in the labor market appear to have been best resisted. The percentage of companies employed by ERTE (temporary lay-off) in the less populated provinces of Spain is thus significantly more positive. This is based on data collected by Voz Pópuli from the Bank of Spain.
The reality is that rural areas have lost the least job because the work carried out does not depend so much on tourism and the hotel and catering industry, which are the two most affected sectors by the pandemic.
"In August, the annual drop in employment in those provinces with a greater weight of trade in the tourism and hotel and catering industries was more intense. During the containment period, these areas were strongly affected by mobility restrictions and their levels of activity have not yet recovered to the same extent as in other production sectors "The Bank of Spain states in its latest report.
Albacete stands out by province with only 3.2% job loss as compared to last August and Cuenca with a drop of 3.5%. On the other hand the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands recorded declines of 24.4 percent in this sector, with 18 percent and 15.8 percent respectively, in Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
'It can be seen that the contraction of employment continued in interannual terms in August, in the Mediterranean coastal provinces, Madrid and particularly in the Balearic and Canary Islands, far beyond the inland provinces,' the report states.
The hotel and catering industry is one of the most affected in various sectors. In August this activity shows 12 percent fewer employees than a year ago, while trade and transportation employees are 10 percent fewer.