From February 11, travelers wishing to visit England and Scotland will no longer have to take Covid-19 tests prior to travel if they have completed a full cycle of vaccination.
The full impact of Brexit on the global travel industry has not yet been felt, according to the findings of a report released during the WTM London expo.
The UK now has a new two-category set of international travel rules and has changed the testing requirements when fully vaccinated travelers enter England from a non-red list country.
Most EU, EEA and Swiss citizens now need a valid passport to enter the UK as the government has stopped accepting national identity (ID) cards as a travel document.
From October 4, the Covid-19 rules for international travel to England will change from the red, amber, green traffic light system to a single red list of countries.
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has called upon the UK government to finally bring an end to the “widely discredited” travel traffic light system.
UK has kept Greece on its "amber list", which means that returning non-vaccinated travelers or those planning to visit Britain will be required to quarantine.
The WTTC has called upon the UK to abandon the “confusing and damaging” traffic light system for travel and replace it with a “simpler and easier to understand” list of green and red countries.
From August 2, passengers who have been fully vaccinated in the EU and the US will not have to quarantine when entering England from amber list countries.
