Britons in Spain have been urged by the Foreign Office to return before March 24 when all Spanish hotels close.
Spain, which has the second largest coronavirus outbreak in Europe after Italy, has entered a state of emergency which means people are banned from going outside for 15 days except to buy food, go to work, or get medical assistance.
The country's cases have rocketed to 8,744 as of Tuesday.
There have been 297 deaths from the killer virus.
In a statement, the Foreign Office said: "The Spanish government have confirmed that all hotels will close in Spain from Tuesday 24 March.
"We therefore advise British travellers in Spain to contact their tour operator or airline as soon as possible, to arrange their return journey home before this date."
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Ryanair meanwhile has announced it may suspend all flights except those providing "essential connectivity", due to the coronavirus.
Coronavirus holiday cancellations – your rights
UK citizens have been told not to travel anywhere in the world for at least the next 30 days.
The Government has changed its advice to ban all "non-essential travel" as it attempts to clampdown on the spread of the coronavirus.
If your journey has been cancelled, check the terms and conditions of your booking or travel insurance to see what the small print says.
If you have a package holiday booked and part or all of it is cancelled by the organiser/airline, you must be offered a refund within 14 days.
Some organisers are offering alternative holidays or allowing consumers to reschedule but this is not a legal remedy.
If you booked a flight separately that has now been cancelled, the following rules apply:
- If your flight was due to depart from the United Kingdom, European Union, Iceland, Norway or Switzerland or was due to arrive in one of these countries via a UK/EU airline, you should be offered a choice of three alternatives.
- If it was a non-EU flight, you will need to check the terms and conditions for the airline.
If the FCO advises against all but essential travel to your destination and you're flying out from a UK airport, or returning to one, and your flight is cancelled, you'll be entitled to a refund under a European Union regulation, called EC261.
Your airline will inform you if this happens, and in some cases you may be able to negotiate to postpone your flight to later in the year.
We've got a full guide on your coronavirus travel and refund rights, here.
For coronavirus advice on school closures, sick pay, working from home and holiday or event cancellations, click here.
More than four out of five flights will be cancelled between Thursday and March 24.
After that period "we expect that most if not all Ryanair Group flights will be grounded", the airline said.
An exception will be "a very small number of flights to maintain essential connectivity, mostly between the UK and Ireland".
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Ryanair said details of the severely reduced schedule can be found on the travel advisory page on the Ryanair.com website.
All airlines have slashed their flights in recent days due to travel restrictions and a collapse in demand caused by the spread of the coronavirus.
Trade body the Airport Operators Association (AOA) has warned that airports will shut down "within weeks" without Government intervention.
On Tuesday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that a package of measures would be agreed to alleviate the impact of Covid-19 on aviation.
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