The Spanish industry trade and tourism minister, Reyes Maroto, has suggested new EU rules could allow borders to reopen to the UK as early as 20th May. Spain currently resides on the UK government’s amber traffic light status from 17th May, however, Spanish officials believe an upcoming review of EU
Scotland will allow international travel to the 12 green list destinations from next week, following England’s announcement. Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, announced the relaxation of restrictions on Tuesday, confirming the adoption of the same traffic light system for categorising destinations outlined for England by UK transport secretary Grant Shapps
The Malta Tourism Authority has developed a new month-long trade initiative focusing on couples. Trade trainer Peter Green said: “Last month, our focus was the over-50s market and now it seems the natural progression is on to the couples’ market. This is not necessarily heterosexual couples, this is also the
With international travel resuming next week, the demand to know which destinations travellers can expect to be open for summer holidays has significantly increased. Heathrow Airport has urged for a significant expansion of the green list which they believe is overly cautious, given the low-risk nature of some countries not
The US State Department has eased the travel advisory ratings for the UK and Israel. One month after US officials raised both countries to the highest warning levels due to Covid-19 concerns, the State of Department has lowered the UK to a ‘Level 3: Reconsider Travel’ rating and Israel to
Despite the need for 10-day self-isolation at home on return, travellers are still very much interested in travelling to destinations on the UK government’s “amber list”. Popular European holiday hotspots such as Spain, France, Greece and Italy are all currently on the “amber list”. Those travelling to amber destinations are
