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Spain and Cyprus to close all hotels and short-stay accommodation

Hotels
James Chapple
18 March 2020

All hotels and short-stay accommodation in Spain and Cyprus will shut imminently, the Foreign Office (FCO) has warned.

Despite spending with agents and airlines growing in July, both categories were down by 4% and 3% month-on-month

Cypriot authorities have instructed all hotels and tourist accommodation providers to cease operations by Saturday (21 March) as part of its emergency response to the coronavirus crisis.

The Spanish government, meanwhile, has ordered all hotels and accommodation providers to close by Tuesday (24 March).

The FCO had previously been advising against all but essential travel to both countries before Tuesday’s blanket 30-day restriction on all non-essential travel worldwide.