Cantabria hoteliers warn that if nightlife is closed, the parties will move to t

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The Cantabria Hospitality Business Association (AEHC) has warned that if nightlife is closed, the parties will move to the street, to homes or to unsafe private premises.


For now, the association chaired by Ángel Cuevas awaits the update of the 'Covid traffic light' scheduled for this Monday, December 27, and which could mean the closure of nightlife and the reduction of capacity in the hospitality industry and other sectors in those municipalities with more incidence

And the forecast of the Ministry of Health, according to its head, Phone Number List  Miguel Rodríguez, said last Thursday, is that this week that the autonomous community begins and several municipalities will enter risk level 3 (high). In those municipalities that are at this level they will have to close nightlife and reduce capacity in the hospitality industry and other sectors.

Regarding the possibility of appealing this resolution, Cuevas explained that, for now, nothing can be said since the association's legal services are "studying it" and "all the possibilities are being evaluated a little."

Cuevas has pointed out that whether there is a closure of nightlife in some municipalities or, in the end, there is not, the "damage" to the sector "has already been done" due to the "uncertainty that looms."

And, as he said, "many" events are already being cancelled, others are reducing capacity very significantly and new reservations are not coming in. Thus, he estimates that the turnover of the hospitality sector will be between 40 and 60 percent lower during these holidays than in the last "normal" Christmas, those of 2019.



In addition to this previous uncertainty about what is going to happen with nightlife, Cuevas has pointed out that, if it closes, this will not prevent people who were thinking of going out from doing so, either on the street or in other homes or private premises, like bass or fish markets.

In this way, he believes that there is only a "transfer in consumption", in which people will go from being in "safe" hospitality establishments with controls to other places, such as homes or private premises, that do not they are.

On the other hand, regarding the Covid passport, Cuevas believes that the "vast majority" of hospitality establishments do ask for it and it is something that the "vast majority" of customers also "understand."