Spain is trying to persuade the UK Government to put some Spanish regions on its safe travel list.
Spanish foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said the decision last weekend to require people from Britain and Northern Ireland arriving home from Spain to self-isolate for 14 days was based on Spain's recent national surge in coronavirus cases.
Gonzalez Laya told Radio Euskadi in an interview that some Spanish regions are not badly affected, and suggested the UK could allow "travel corridors" between those regions.
Yesterday Spain reported the highest daily number of new coronavirus infections in almost three months, with 1,153.
But the Balearic Islands, including vacation hotspots such as Ibiza and Mallorca, had just one new case while the Canary Islands, another popular destination for tourists, had only seven.
Spain is the top holiday destination for UK tourists, with around 18 million people heading there last year, and their absence is a heavy blow to Spain's key tourism industry.
