“Today marks the first step in our cautious return to international travel, with measures designed above all else to protect public health and ensure we don’t throw away the hard-fought gains we’ve all strived to earn this year,” he said.
“This is a new way of doing things, and people should expect travel to be different this summer – with longer checks at the borders, as part of tough measures to prevent new strains of the virus entering the country and putting our fantastic vaccine rollout at risk.”Travellers were told their journeys could take hours longer than at the moment with additional checks
Areas with high vaccine rates were put on the list, but others will have to wait until the next reviewFlight prices to areas rumouredCountries will themselves decide whether they require proof of Covid vaccination for entry, and it is the traveller’s responsibility to check individual requirements, the Government says.
Test results will not show in the app and the process for booking and presenting test results for travel remains unchanged.Also on the green list are Singapore, the Falkland Islands, Ascension, St Helena, Tristan da Cunha, Gibraltar, Faroe Islands, and Brunei.- but they have their own entry requirements and are unlikely to let in tourists at the moment.