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'Global Travel Taskforce gives reasons to be positive – but test costs must come down'

Government
Sophie Griffiths
9 April 2021

Let’s be clear – the Global Travel Taskforce report was never going to be everything the travel industry wanted. 

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In an ideal world, it would have comprised a fixed date for the resumption of international travel, a confirmed list of which countries would be under which traffic light colour and a confirmation of a significant drop in the price of testing, as well as details on when international cruising will resume.

In this new uncertain world we all inhabit, that was never going to happen.

What we do finally have, though, are details that will enable the resumption of international travel – and the government has confirmed this may yet still be in May. This should definitely be taken as the considerable positive that it is.