Apart from having passports in order, Britons can now be stop checked on arrival and asked to prove that they have at least £93 per day in the bank.
This requirement applies to each individual, so for a family of four, the total would be £372.
Spanish officials have been asking visitors to prove you have a return or onward ticket and pre-booked accommodation - a hotel booking confirmation, or proof of address if you’re visiting friends or staying in your own property.
Spain defines ‘sufficient financial means’ as access to €109 (£93) - or the equivalent in another currency) per person per day. For a family of five, this equates to €545 per day or €7,630 for a two-week holiday in Spain.
Manuel Butler, the Spanish Tourist Office director (UK), has said: “The requirement for UK travellers to be able to illustrate sufficient means for the duration of their stay and the return is established in the Schengen Borders Code and is not a Spain-specific requirement.”
So what does that mean for people on an all inclusive holiday and not all inclusive holidays are cheap in the Balearics?
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Richard PearsonHow come you, as many, are always comparing legal and illegal entries? Is that a specific British phenomen that you can't differentiate between the two? I rest my case as I find you comment futile. PS. I doubt the illegal immigrants get the first class treatment here as they get in the UK.
Should we expect that these demands are enforced on those arriving with one way tickets from south of the border, or will they on the other hand be offered free board and lodging and health care whilst they are here ?
And... to the extent that Palma airport's electronic passport gates are working, i.e. most of the time, immigration in the "British" Terminal A at PMI is manned/processed automatically via machines , so checking passengers' financial status ain't gonna happen!
Surely you're aware that this is nothing more than a line item on the list of things that a Frontex customs agent *can* demand if they have reason to believe the person entering a Schengen frontier is dodgy in some way. Britain never was a Schengen subscriber, so it would apply anyway, Brexit or not. Still, I doubt most British tourists seem dodgy, so I think (most of) you need not lose any sleep. But it makes good "fury and outrage" click bait fodder, even if it's meaningless in any practical sense.