International travel confirmed to resume from May 17
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10 May 2021 ⢠6:00pm
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Boris Johnson has confirmed that the ban on non-essential international travel will be lifted from next Monday (May 17), allowing people to go on holidays to âgreen listâ countries.
The Prime Minister briefed the nation to announce the next phase of the lifting of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.Â
He said that the data shows that the Governmentâs âfour testsâ for easing restrictions have been met. Infection rates are at their lowest level since September, while hospital admissions and patients in hospital continue to decrease â with levels now similar to July last year.
Positive news for travel and tourism in the UK and Portugal
The UK is a major source market for Portugal, with 2.1 million Brits visiting in 2019, making it the second-largest source market after Spain, according to GlobalData. Bookings have recently surged after it was announced that Portugal would be on the UK’s green list from 17 May 2021. Ryanair has released an extra 175,000 seats on its UK-Portugal routes this summer in reaction to heightened demand whilst Thomas Cook took in the first hour from 5pm to 6pm on 7 May as many Portugal bookings as it took in the whole month of April.
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