The government is due to give its first update to England’s green list later on Thursday (3 June) with several destinations hoping to move from amber to green.

The Canaries is hoping to benefit from the reintroduction of an “islands” policy where islands can be given a different traffic light status than their mainland areas.

Cristina del Rio Fresen, leader of global tourism safety for the Canary Islands, told BBC Breakfast the destination should be treated differently from mainland Spain. 

“We can control the borders and make it much safer,” she said. “We should be treated in a different way.”

Del Rio Fresen stressed the high level of Covid-19 vaccinations in the Canaries with 70% of people set to be vaccinated by the end of July.

She added the British market was “very important” for the Canaries and she was “50-50” on whether the islands would be added to the updated green list.

The Caribbean island of Grenada has been lobbying the prime minister Boris Johnson for green list status after expressing its “deep disappointment” in not making the initial list in May.

Grenada’s tourism minister Clarice Modeste-Curwen told BBC Radio 4 that it had “not had a conclusive response” from the UK government about being added to the green list.

She said the island had taken “timely” measures throughout the pandemic, such as the closing and then gradual reopening of its border.

“Grenada has had only 161 cases during the pandemic and for the past two-and-a-half weeks no new cases,” said Modeste-Curwen.

“We have about 90% of hotel staff vaccinated and we’re working aggressively to ensure we have 100%.”