British holidaymakers with vaccine passports could be the first tourists welcomed back to the Balearic Islands. Regional governors at a crunch meeting in Madrid on Friday urged Spanish tourism minister Maria Reyes Maroto to let them start the pilot scheme.
Spanish tourism officials have already confirmed their commitment to introduce Covid immunity passports. The pilot scheme would cover the popular islands of Ibiza, Majorca and Minorca.
Whitehall sources have said the prospect of foreign trips this summer is looking “increasingly positive”. Foreign Office minister James Cleverly confirmed ongoing talks with “international partners” about vaccine passports this week but stopped short of guaranteeing them.
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