Benidorm faces 'disaster' if Brits stay away this summer, hotel bosses have warned.
Toni Mayor, president of the Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotel association Hosbec, is worried people may be asked to isolate for 14 days on their return to the UK.
He said: “That is going to be a body blow for UK aviation and for tourism. I don’t see international holiday flights to Spain resuming till July at the earliest.
"If the quarantine were brought in and was still in place by July and August, we can wave goodbye to any hopes of British tourists returning to the Costa Blanca this summer.
"For places like Benidorm that depend so heavily on UK tourists, it would be a disaster.”
The pandemic could also curtail the holiday plans of the over-60s - after travel insurers changed the wording of policies.
Many firms stopped selling travel insurance in March. The policies are now being reintroduced, but exclude claims relating to Covid-19 as it is now a "known event".
Any trips booked now are unlikely to be covered by insurance if the holidaymaker changes their mind.
And this would be a problem for OAPs most at risk from the virus and most likely to decide to cancel if there was any kind of second wave.
Paul Charles, of travel consultancy The PC Agency, said: "Anyone over 60 will be reluctant to travel until there is a vaccine in mass production, at least one year away."
Any insurance which does cover the virus is likely to be very expensive, he added.
