Spain will throw out 25 000 tourists

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the Government of Spain urges the 25 000 tourists, which is currently residing in Majorca and in the Balearic islands to leave the islands, writes the Spanish storavisen El País.

Spain is now one of the countries in Europe hardest hit. It has imposed strict measures to limit the spread, including closure of borders.

According to the authorities in Spain, it is now over 11 000 people in the country who have had proven infection. Just in the past day has nearly 2,000 cases have been registered, and 150 people lost their lives.

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Dagbladet has been in contact with the state Department for figures on how many norwegians that can be located in Spain, and in the areas where the government asks tourists to go.

the ministry of foreign AFFAIRS may, however, not state how many there are who have registered on the Reiseregistrering.no, because it is not a duty to register, and thus can give a wrong impression of how many Norwegian citizens located in the country.

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however, We have seen an increase in registrations on the Reiseregistrering.now the last few weeks, " says Wera Helstrøm in the ministry of foreign AFFAIRS to the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet.

- This is good because it gives UD the opportunity to reach out with important information to even more Norwegian citizens. Yesterday sent the ministry of foreign AFFAIRS, for example, out information to everyone who has registered in Spain that Norwegian and SAS are setting up new flights from Spain. We did in cooperation with airlines, " says Helstrøm.

TUI brings it all home

on Monday, the enlightened, among other things reiseselskapet TUI that they would retrieve all their customers home.

This applies to, among other norwegians in Spain.

- We want to make this neat and orderly, and therefore take direct contact with our customers out there, they don't need to get in touch with us, " says kommunkasjonssjef Nora Aspengren to NTB.

the Goal is to get home all as quickly as possible.

We work with you to find the best possible solutions for getting home, but it is a bit of a solitaire to be added.

In addition, SAS has set up several extra flights to bring home the norwegians. Departures are in the morning, from Alicante, Las Palmas and Malaga.

Officer in the SAS, John Eckhoff, says to Dagbladet that it will be set up more planes, if there is a need for it.

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