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UK families 'avoid Spain' over vaccine rules for children

Government
Will Payne
9 February 2022

UK families are reportedly cancelling half-term trips to Spain and the Canary Islands as children over the age of 12 must be double jabbed to enter.

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Hoteliers on the island claimed the restrictions have lost them "millions of pounds" worth of trade and called on Spanish authorities to relax its strict guidelines.

Tui reportedly said Mexico and Turkey are proving to be popular alternatives.

From Friday (11 February), people travelling to the UK will no longer need to take any Covid tests if they are fully vaccinated.

Hazel Bryant from Travel with Kitts, an independent agency in Hertfordshire, told the BBC the Omicron variant meant a lot of people re-arranged Christmas trips for half-term instead.