Tanzer said while he accepted the government must take additional steps to control the spread of Covid, the roll-out of a pre-departure testing requirement – now delayed until Monday (18 January) – would join "myriad" other measures which, if still in place when people start travelling again, would prove "confusing, expensive and logistically difficult" for customers.
"It would also serve as a barrier to travel putting many people off booking in the first place," said Tanzer, who also criticised the lack of a definitive timeline for when the government expects to be able to ease the measures impacting travel.
