Abta’s Travel Matters virtual conference heard the industry “could work with” the current traffic light system if the government used the framework in a “transparent” way.
Confidence in the system has been undermined through the sudden removal of Portugal from the green list earlier this month and expectations are low about many countries being added to the quarantine-free list during the next review due later this week.
Julia Lo Bue-Said, chief executive of Advantage Travel Partnership, said: “Unfortunately the government broke it before it even began. The framework is there but we’ve not had the opportunity to implement it as intended.
