BREAKING: Holidays abroad can resume from May 17
Speaking at a Downing Street press briefing today, the prime minister said the non-essential travel ban will be scrapped and replaced by a risk-based traffic light system next Monday.
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have not yet confirmed when they plan to ease their travel restrictions.had made the ‘green list’, which passengers can travel to without having to quarantine when they return to the UK. Portugal, Iceland, Gibraltar, the Faroe Islands, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Brunei all made the category.
This is in addition to the remote territories of the Falklands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha. Despite being on the green list, travellers will not be able to go on holiday to Australia, New Zealand or Singapore as their borders remain closed to UK tourists.The non-essential travel ban will be replaced by a risk-based traffic light system
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