President Ángel Víctor Torres has now said that the prospect of hotels in the Canary Islands being open by June 1 as "too optimistic" and that if they open in July or August then they "would be walking in a good way." He also said that the re-introduction of tourism in the area would be staggered in phases. This could see international tourism being held back until phase three during the "strong months" for the Canary Islands.
President Torres
told El Mundo : "We must advance the possibility of having internal island tourism to regain economic normality. Phase two would be to recover national tourism, with controls at airports. And the third phase would be international tourism. We cannot put everything together in the end. So that in October, November or December, which are strong months in the Canary Islands, we can start receiving tourists from other countries."
Tourists may not be able to visit Canary Islands until October