The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) blasted the UK government for failing to publish a list of safe travel destinations "the best part of a week" after its make-shift announcement of a new traffic light system for the resumption of outbound travel.
WTTC president and chief executive Gloria Guevara on Thursday (2 July) lent her voice to a chorus of calls for the government to reveal the list following reports ministers are ready to abandon the UK’s work on bilateral air bridges in favour of quarantine exemptions.
This would reportedly allow Brits to travel to around 75 countries without fear of returning to a two-week quarantine requirement.
The list is expected to be published this week, accompanied by an easing of the Foreign Office’s current travel advice, which advises against all non-essential travel worldwide – effectively halting all outbound leisure travel.