The decision to travel to amber list countries is a “personal responsibility”, a minister has said just a day after the PM warned they are “not somewhere where you should be going on holiday”.
Holidaymakers are set to be given the green light by the EU to enter Europe using “vaccine passports”.
The Canary Islands’ regional government leader, Angel Victor Torres, has said that the region will be put on the UK’s green list “imminently”. If the UK Government agrees to add the islands to the list, it will be the thirteenth destination to welcome British visitors from tomorrow, May 17.
British holidaymakers hoping to jet off to Portugal as soon as UK travel restrictions lift are facing uncertainty after the nation’s government decided to extend its lockdown.
The parent firm of British Airways (BA) has demanded government action in “four key areas” to help facilitate the restart of foreign travel while revealing a reduction in first quarter losses.
Limits on international leisure travel should continue even after 17 May, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.
Holidaymakers and airlines could get as little as one week’s notice of the rules to allow overseas travel from England this month, as government sources insisted they would err on the side of caution when easing restrictions.
Portugal has urged member states and EU institutions to “act without delay” to support European tourism to recover from the crisis, also calling for rapid progress in the creation of the green passport.
Spain will be ready to welcome back UK tourists in June, the country’s tourism minister has said.
Heathrow Airport has refused requests for extra flights from India before the country is added to the UK’s coronavirus “red list”.
