The restrictive measures agreed last Thursday by the Government Council of the Canary Islands in order to curb infections before and during Easter, are yet another kick for the hospitality sector in the islands particularly those without terraces. Obviously business owners were aware that the epidemiological situation was worsening, and that there would be extra measures like at Christmas and the Carnival period, however, the situation in some sectors, especially hospitality and leisure, is beginning to become unsustainable.
The vice president of the Association of Restauration and Leisure Entrepreneurs (AERO), Carlos Quintero, said that in no case do they oppose the health measures adopted by the regional Government, but they beg that the aid for SMEs approved a couple of weeks ago in Madrid “arrive as soon as possible as we can't hold out much longer.”
