doubt, but in my opinion more caution would have been necessary when allowing certain celebrations, especially when we are talking about an economic sector that is particularly volatile in crisis situations, as has been amply demonstrated in recent years . 3 On the other hand, the terrible spectre of war is once again hanging over us, which is not exactly going to help the economic recovery of tourism. Certainly, as with the pandemic, the most dramatic aspect is still the number of victims and casualties, but regarding what we are analyzing here, we cannot fail to mention that, despite the restrictions, 134,000 Russian tourists visited us last year, spending 228 million euros, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics on Tourist Movements at the Border (FRONTUR). The tourism sector, which accounts for approximately 15% of our country's GDP, is in a particularly precarious situation, as it has been the economic sector that has frst sufered the efects of the pandemic, reaching what has been called "tourist zero" . The restrictions on mobility and the measures 4 imposed on travelers visiting our territory have had a major impact on activity. According to INE data, international tourist arrivals fell by 75.86% in August 2020. In addition, the diferent "waves" that we have sufered throughout 2021 have prevented the activity from taking of, so that the long-awaited recovery is taking longer than desired, although the forecasts for the summer of 2022 are even too fattering, with an estimated growth of 53%, with an increase in activity of 47,000 million euros. Paradoxically, just before the pandemic, the most specialised doctrine on the subject questioned the tourism growth model that was being developed in our country, especially in certain territories (Balearic Islands, Mediterranean coast, etc.), and some autonomous communities even adopted legal regulations that greatly restricted tourism in their territories. The paradigmatic case is that of the Balearic Islands, which, through Decree-Law 1/2020 of 17 January, regulated against so-called "excess tourism" in order to improve quality in tourist areas, empowering the administration to prohibit certain economic activities related to excess tourism. However, data relating to the summer of 2022 give us an idea that the intention is to continue with the same developmentalist policies, especially on the part of the autonomous communities that are especially dedicated to sun and beach tourism. Thus, according to a press release from the INE, "Spain received 7.0 million international tourists in May, compared to 1.4 million in the same month in 2021". Regarding the volatility of the sector, see CORRAL SASTRE, A. (2017), La liberalización del 3 sector turístico, ¿Hacia un modelo de turismo sostenible?, Reus SIMANCAS CRUZ, M., (2020), ‘Deconstruyendo una crisis turística’, in Turismo 4 poscoronavirus, ¿una oportunidad para el reconocimiento?, en Turismo pos-COVID-19. Refexiones, retos y oportunidades, Coord. SIMANCAS CRUZ, M., HERNÁNDEZ MARTÍN, R. Y PADRÓN FUMERO, N., Cátedra de Turismo Caja Canarias-Ashotel de la Universidad de La Laguna. 2
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