The Canary Islands could reopen as soon as Monday, although UK holidaymakers will have to wait a while longer.
Government leaders in the Canary Islands are asking for special permission to lift Spain's state of emergency from next week, which could see beaches and restaurants reopen in the coming weeks.
However, in a bid to prevent another surge of coronavirus cases, holidaymakers from other countries may have to wait until autumn until they can visit the Canary Islands.
In the Canaries, a total of 128 have died of coronavirus, with the most of those deaths occurring in Tenerife. However, the islands of Fuerteventura, El Hierro and La Gomera have had no fatalities.
Canary Islands president Angel Victor Torres has reportedly been in talks with government officials in recent days about the phased plan to reopen the islands.
Phase one would see relaxed measures be introduced, with a timetable drawn up allowing different groups of people such as the elderly or children to leave their homes at different times so that social distancing can be adhered to.
People will be advised to wear masks in public and to use hand gel on a regular basis. The first week would allow hair salons to reopen as well as small shops.
In the second phase, shopping centres would be able to open, as will gyms and possibly some hotels and tourist establishments but all with specific conditions and health regulations.
The third week would see the opening of restaurants, with no more than four people per table, together with the beaches and swimming pools.
In the fourth week, bans on inter-island travel would be lifted so that more flights could resume between the islands, which include Tenerife, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria.
It is understood the government's emergency committee would like international travellers back for the late summer or the fourth quarter of the year, which is the high season for the islands. However, it is far too soon to say when Britons and other international travellers will be allowed to visit the islands again.
There will most likely be access controls at ports and airports when international travellers are allowed to visit the Canary Islands, with tourists tested for coronavirus regularly.
The package of proposals are expected to be presented to Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Sunday.
The Spanish government has already indicated that different regions will be allowed to reopen in phased stages, depending on how badly the coronavirus pandemic has hit them.
Speaking to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, Mr Torres said the road back to recovery from the coronavirus pandemic would have to be gradual.
"That way, in October, November or December, which are good months in the Canary Islands, we can begin to receive tourists from other countries," he explained.
Tenerife was at the centre of an international drama in February when the four-star H10 Costa Adeje Palace was one of the first places in Spain to go into lockdown, after an Italian guest tested positive for Covid-19.
Around 19 million Brit tourists visit Spain annually, making the country the UK's number one holiday destination.
"The Canary Islands were the first to have coronavirus in Spain and now we want to be the first out of confinement," Mr Torres continued.
