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Travellers arrive at Heathrow Airport in London, on May 3, 2021 - Reuters LONDON (Reuters): Britain will allow international travel to resume from May 17 after months of banning most trips abroad, but nearly all major destinations were left off its list of countries open for quarantine-free holidays. Just 12 countries and territories made the so-called “green list”. They include Portugal, Israel, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and the tiny Faroe Islands. The top four destinations - Spain, France, Italy and the United States - were among those left off, angering stricken airlines and...

Submitting... Transport Secretary Grant Shapps The green list also features several remote British Overseas Territories and destinations where visits are heavily restricted, such as Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Brunei and the Faroe Islands. Virgin Atlantic called for the US to be added to the green list, saying the Government has taken an "overly cautious approach". A spokesman said: "There is no reason for the US to be absent from the green list. "This overly cautious approach fails to reap the benefits of the UK's successful vaccination programme." The spokesman added: "While transatl...

Don't show me this message again✕ Travel firms have accused the government of being too cautious with its quarantine-free green list of countries, calling it a “missed opportunity”. Industry leaders have urged the government to add to the list as England prepares to restart non-essential foreign travel from 17 May. Prospective holidaymakers had been eager to find out where they would be able to travel without needing to self-isolate on return before the list was published on Friday. But the government has faced backlash after revealing 12 countries - including some currently banning tou...

Search Green list countries: Bookings for holidays to Portugal go 'through the roof' - but angry airlines criticise the list Bookings for holidays to Portugal have gone "through the roof" after the country was added to the government's green travel list, Thomas Cook has said. The European nation is one of just 12 destinations where travellers can visit from 17 May without needing to self-isolate upon their return to England. On Friday night, Thomas Cook said it had taken more bookings for trips to Portugal in a single hour than it did in the whole of April. Searches for Portugal h...

European holiday destinations 'should be added to the quarantine-free green list' Portugal, Gibraltar and Israel are among just 12 destinations which will be on the green list The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Get the latest email updates for Surrey with our FREE daily newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe here When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy noti...