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'Today should be a day of celebration for the UK's travel industry'

Government
Julia Lo Bue-Said
11 February 2022

After two of the hardest years on record for the UK outbound travel industry, Friday (11 February) is indeed a day of celebration for the UK’s travel industry.

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With many of the testing regulations to enter the UK now relaxed, it will now become much easier for holidaymakers and business travellers to return to the UK from abroad – and allow inbound tourists, who contribute so much to the UK’s economy, plan a return visit.

However, while the landscape is slowly becoming easier for travel, there continues to be a great deal of complexity. We are definitely not out of the woods quite yet. Travellers still have to face a minefield of confusing regulations, depending on their destination, regarding test requirements, quarantine and evidence of vaccination.