More than 70 leading travel and hospitality firms have written to home secretary Priti Patel urging her to scrap the government’s 14-day quarantine on arrival requirement, which is due to come into effect next month.
From 8 June, anyone arriving in the UK by air, sea or rail will be required to self-isolate for 14 days or face a hefty fine; the government says the move is designed to guard against the UK importing a second wave of coronavirus infection.
However, with countries across Europe preparing to ease lockdown measures and reopen their borders and tourism economies in time for summer, the UK travel sector is facing unprecedented operational and economic challenges.
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