Spain’s Interior Ministry has eased passport control rules and UK citizens will now be able to use the EU e-gates at some airports. UK holidaymakers can now use automated border control e-gates to scan their passports in selected Spanish airports like citizens of EU and Schengen nations.
The measure is being brought in to ease the strain on airports ahead of peak holiday season, The Local reports. The airports implementing the new passport rules include Alicante, Barcelona, Bilbao, Girona, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Madrid, Málaga, Mallorca, Menorca, Valencia, Fuerteventura, Sevilla, and Tenerife Sur.
There will also be an additional 500 border officials across the airports. Spain has already seen 6.5 million UK tourists visit this year and expects to see a yearly total close to that of 2019 - 83.7m UK tourists, reports ChronicleLive.
