Speaking on Radio 4 on Wednesday (10 February), Shapps urged: “Please don’t go ahead and book holidays for something which, at this stage, is illegal to actually go and do, whether it’s here or abroad.”
Shapps advised consumers to wait for the full roll-out of the vaccination before travel restarts, but an Abta spokesperson said consumers could book “with confidence” through its members.
“If we wait for the full roll-out of the vaccination programme in the UK before people start to travel overseas, we’ll lose another summer season to the pandemic – something the travel industry can’t afford,” the spokesperson said.
