Travel industry puts pressure on Scottish Government to align with UK on foreign holidays from May 17
England is gearing up for non-essential travel abroad from May 17.
04:30, 4 MAY 2021 (Image: Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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The travel industry is putting pressure on the Scottish Government to align with the rest of the UK on deciding when to allow foreign holidays.
Covid: Some foreign travel opening on 17 May - Boris Johnson
By Francesca Gillett
image captionPeople enjoy La Concha beach in San Sebastián, northern Spain, last month
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has indicated there will be some opening up of foreign travel on 17 May - but said it was important to be cautious.
More details are expected this week to confirm when and how international travel will restart in England.
Speaking on Monday, the PM said we ll be saying more as soon as we can but we have got to be very, very tough .
He also said there was a good chance of the one-metre plus social distancing rule being scrapped on 21 June.