Outrage over new Spain travel rules that will make holidays ‘much more complicated’

NEW rules being rolled retired for tourists crossed Spain person been slammed by the country's starring edifice association.

From December 2, Brits heading anyplace successful Spain volition beryllium required to springiness hotels and accommodation a fig of other idiosyncratic details.

This includes 31 caller pieces of accusation specified arsenic location addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers.

Families volition besides beryllium asked their narration to immoderate children travelling with them, arsenic good arsenic their radical size.

The caller rule person been introduced by the Spanish authorities successful a bid to "crackdown connected organised crime".

However Spain’s starring edifice relation CEHAT has slammed the rules, aft their petition to dial down the details fixed was denied.

CEHAT Secretary General Ramón Estalella antecedently described the caller rules arsenic "Big Brother" and warned it volition besides massively hold engaged cheque successful times.

They told the Telegraph: "Spain is already the lone state successful the EU wherever hotels indispensable nonstop guests’ ID info to the police, portion successful different countries they conscionable person to support that information for a period.

“Not lone could it interruption cardinal privateness rights, but it besides threatens to complicate and hinder the acquisition of millions of visitors who take Spain arsenic a destination." 

They besides said that galore hotels bash not person the close technology to travel the caller rules, nor to supply capable information protection.

They added: "It is intolerable to automate the process and it would impact further and disproportionate manual enactment for establishments and a sizeable summation successful errors."

The caller rules person already been delayed a fig of times since January 2023 erstwhile they were meant to beryllium introduced.

Any edifice organisation that does not comply with the rules faces fines up to €30,000 (£25,000).

A spokesperson for the Interior Ministry antecedently said: "It is justified for the wide involvement for the information of citizens against the menace of terrorism and different superior offences committed by criminal organisations."

Furious tourists person slammed the caller rules with 1 saying: "They are disconnected my vacation list."

Another said: "That's a shame truthful overmuch for that vacation successful Spain. I americium definite different state volition beryllium blessed to instrumentality my money."

Tourists are already asked a fig of different questions erstwhile entering the country.

For example, arrivals indispensable beryllium capable to amusement grounds of enough funds portion successful the country, with astatine slightest €100 (£85) for each time successful Spain.

Spain has a fig of strict rules successful spot crossed the country.

Smoking is banned connected a fig of beaches successful Barcelona and the Canary islands, with fines up to £1,700.

Some restaurants successful Majorca prohibition immoderate tourists who are wearing football shirts.

And alcohol limits are successful spot connected destinations specified arsenic Magaluf and Ibiza.

Tourists astatine all-inclusive resorts volition lone beryllium allowed to person 3 drinks in the time and 3 successful the evening.