Why Brits should be cautious about booking holidays - four key things to know
Despite the changes, which open up travel to a limited yet widened selection of places in Europe, ministers have been accused of making foreign travel even more complex with the addition of a whole new green watchlist. Here are the key things you need to know about the most recent travel update.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said: “We’re moving forward with efforts to safely reopen international travel this summer, and thanks to the success of our vaccination programme, we’re now able to consider removing the quarantine period for fully vaccinated UK arrivals from amber countries – showing a real sign of progress.
“It’s right that we continue with this cautious approach, to protect public health and the vaccine rollout as our top priority while ensuring that our route out of the international travel restrictions is sustainable.”
However, travel industry figures said the Government has just created “further complexity and confusion”.
A number of countries expected to make the list have unfortunately been rejected, including Croatia and Italy.
