Lo Bue-Said, chief executive of the Advantage Travel Partnership, said travel was "yet again looking down the barrel of the worst groundhog day ever" after it was confirmed on Wednesday (14 July) Spain’s Balearic Islands would on Monday (19 July) be relegated from the UK’s green watchlist to its amber list – a little less than three weeks after it got the green light.
The situation, Lo Bue-Said suggested, was reminiscent of last summer’s derided travel corridor policy, which saw transport secretary Grant Shapps tweet out weekly updates and with changes coming with as little as 36 to 48 hours notice.
