Portuguese hotels 'excited' to welcome back UK tourists from Monday

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Portugal will allow holidaymakers from Britain to enter from Monday, the national tourism board said, prompting a sigh of relief from hotel owners already inundated with bookings after Britain's go-ahead for travel from that day.

Britain added Portugal, whose economy heavily depends on tourism,particularly from the UK, to a "green" list of foreign destinations a week ago, allowing Britons to travel there without needing to quarantine for COVID-19 when returning home.European Union rules prohibit non-essential travel from outside the bloc, making Portugal's decision to allow in UK tourists an exception.

Tourists from Britain must present evidence of a negative PCR taken 72 hours before departure, said the Turismo de Portugal authority, part of the Economy Ministry., which added around 100,000 extra seats for flights to Portugal over the summer, and British travel agency Thomas Cook, where bookings to Portugal tripled over the past week, also welcomed the news.

 

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