The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism, which accounts for 12% of Spain's GDP, is particularly severe in the country's landlocked cities.
According to media reports, the dramatic situation is observed in such traditionally popular localities among foreign travelers as Granada, Toledo and Segovia. Owners of bars and restaurants in these tourist centers report a drop in turnover of more than 50%.
In Andalusia, the southernmost region of Spain, hotel occupancy is on average 25%. This is fraught with the loss of Andalusian bars and restaurants up to one third of jobs.
According to official data, in Spain, the second most popular tourist destination in the world after France, spending by international tourists fell by 62% from January to May on an annual basis.
According to the Association of the self-employed in Spain, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, up to 100,000 of the 500,000 self-employed in the country's tourism sector may lose their jobs.
Since July Spain has opened on security conditions its borders to foreign tourists from countries outside the European Union.
