The spokesperson for the Gomera Socialist Group Parliamentary Group (ASG) asks Aena for greater effort and will to enable spaces in airport infrastructure
Casimiro Curbelo points out that economic activity must be protected to stop the high rates of unemployment and poverty registered in the Canary Islands
The spokesperson for the Gomera Socialist Group Parliamentary Group (ASG), Casimiro Curbelo, has insisted that the implementation of safe corridors and the performance of PCR tests on visitors at ports and airports are two key tools to work to save tourism in the Canary Islands in the face of the economic and social effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In this sense, the regional deputy for the island of La Gomera has demanded greater effort and will from Aena, since if the entity "does not allow the tests to be carried out in its facilities, it would be practically impossible to take this measure." In addition, he asked the same "not to close in a meaningless position, in order to be able to add together all the administrations so as not to lose the main economic source of the Archipelago."
“I trust that, finally, an agreement will be reached after the approval in the Senate of an ASG amendment aimed at authorizing spaces in the Canary Islands to carry out tests, since it is an indispensable measure for our future and that of the citizens,” he stated. Likewise, he stressed that these tests should be carried out on both tourists who come from international markets and from the national market.
In Curbelo's opinion, another aspect that cannot be delayed is the implementation of safe corridors for tourists, with all the necessary measures. “The central government is already working along these lines, so that protocols can be established to reactivate tourism in both the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, but we must continue to advance and add to this action the carrying out of the tests,” he stated.
The spokesperson for the Gomera Socialist Group in the regional Chamber also emphasized the need to, given the current scenario, “carry out all possible actions to not allow a further decline in the tourism sector in the Islands, the main engine of the Canarian economy.”
He highlighted that given the unemployment figures recorded in the Autonomous Community and the poverty figures, with 35% of the population in a situation of social exclusion, "we cannot waste a minute in saving this sector to prevent these figures from continuing to increase and our people from experiencing greater difficulties."
