The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Coronavirus urged the Government to “discourage all international leisure travel”. But a travel firm boss said there has been “great progress” in countries such as Portugal and Spain in preparing for the return of holidaymakers. Thomas Cook chief executive Alan French said he expects most popular destinations, particularly in Europe, to be open to UK holidaymakers. He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “When the holidays proper start at the end of June, we are expecting most of the countries that the UK goes on holiday to – Europe particularly – to be open. “We are expecting Portugal, Spain, Greece, Croatia and so forth to be open, it would be nice if Turkey was open.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on coronavirus urged the Government to “discourage all international leisure travel”.
It claimed the importation of new variants could “lead to further lockdowns, and inevitably, further loss of life”.
The cross-party group described airport arrival halls as “a breeding ground for infection”.
It recommended that passengers returning from green, amber and red countries under the new risk-based traffic light system do not mix.
Passengers’ documents should be checked before they enter an arrival halls, where possible, so those being transported to quarantine facilities are moved “rapidly”, the group added.
It also called for “adequate financial support” to be provided to travel firms, and for a reversal to the reduction in funding for international research projects assisting the fight against the virus.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Coronavirus urged the Government to “discourage all international leisure travel”.
But a travel firm boss said there has been “great progress” in countries such as Portugal and Spain in preparing for the return of holidaymakers.
Thomas Cook chief executive Alan French said he expects most popular destinations, particularly in Europe, to be open to UK holidaymakers.
He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “When the holidays proper start at the end of June, we are expecting most of the countries that the UK goes on holiday to – Europe particularly – to be open.
“We are expecting Portugal, Spain, Greece, Croatia and so forth to be open, it would be nice if Turkey was open.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on coronavirus urged the Government to “discourage all international leisure travel”.
It claimed the importation of new variants could “lead to further lockdowns, and inevitably, further loss of life”.
The cross-party group described airport arrival halls as “a breeding ground for infection”.
It recommended that passengers returning from green, amber and red countries under the new risk-based traffic light system do not mix.
Passengers’ documents should be checked before they enter an arrival halls, where possible, so those being transported to quarantine facilities are moved “rapidly”, the group added.
It also called for “adequate financial support” to be provided to travel firms, and for a reversal to the reduction in funding for international research projects assisting the fight against the virus.
Foreign holidays this summer should be discouraged , MPs tell ministers
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus concerned international travel would expose the UK to Covid-19 variants
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Restrictions on foreign holidays should be maintained to protect the UK from Covid-19 variants, MPs have warned.