The Legal Impacts of COVID-19 in the Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Industry

10 We will now refer to the declaration of essential services of tourist accommodation. Two regulation will be taken into account, Order TMA/277/2020, of 23 March, declaring certain tourist accommodations as essential services and adopting complementary provisions 34 , and Order TMA/305/2020, of 30 March, amending the annex to Order TMA/277/2020 35 . Royal Decree No. 463/2020 referred to Law No. 8/2011, of 28 April, which establishes measures for the protection of critical infrastructures 36 , regarding the fact that essential critical operators will adopt the measures that are necessary for the provision of the services considered essential, as well as measures by companies and providers that are not critical but are essential to ensure the services considered essential. Along with this, Royal Decree No. 463/2020 also includes measures to ensure the supply of goods and services for the protection of public health. Royal Decree-Law No. 8/2020, of 17 March, on extraordinary urgent measures to face the economic and social impact of COVID-19 37 , contains measures to face the economic and social impact on the business environment, in order to avoid the negative impacts derived from the health crisis on the productive sector. For the adoption of the measures, the mobility of the workers who are going to carry out the activities should be guaranteed so that they can have food and accommodation. The sectors of maintenance, health, repair and works, supply and transport, as well as certain essential services and workers, which are included in Articles 17 and 18 of Royal Decree No. 463/2020, fall under that spectrum. Other groups are mentioned, such as people in vulnerable situations, the elderly, minors, disabled, and also for reasons of force majeure or a state of need that require accommodation, including tourists who have not been able to return to their places of origin within the period provided in the third section of Order SND/257/2020. Furthermore, Order TMA/277/2020 indicates that in all these cases, it may be necessary to use accommodation for people who need to move or who may need to ensure timely accommodation urgently. Consequently, to guarantee their mobility and security 34 BOE No. 82, 25 March 2020 35 BOE No. 89, 30 March 2020. 36 BOE No. 102, 29 April 2011. 37 BOE No. 73, 18 March 2020.