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Tuesday 11 May 2021
The government’s traffic light system for travel has finally been announced, with the green list, amber list and red list each including multiple destinations. From Monday 17 May leisure travel from England will no longer be illegal, meaning residents are free to take holidays providing they take tests and quarantine on return if necessary.
But what does this mean for holidays to Spain? Here’s what you need to know about visiting one of Europe’s most popular destinations.
Is Spain on the amber list?
Yes. According to the government’s website, this means that people should not be travelling for leisure. However, since travel for holidays will not be illegal from Monday 17 May, English residents are free to go to an amber country, so long as they follow the rules for testing and isolating. This means taking one pre-departure test and confirming a negative result; quarantine at home for 10 days upon return to England; plus completing a passenger locator
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How would a foreign travel traffic light system work?
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It remains disheartening to see ‘It is illegal to travel abroad for holidays’ in bold type on the gov.uk website, but things are looking more hopeful for holiday hungry Brits.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps last week confirmed that domestic Covid numbers “look good” enough to resume holidays on May 17, although he emphasised this would be the earliest possible date.
Spain and France have announced they will be opening their borders to British and non-EU holiday-ers from June, but Shapps told Good Morning Britain that Covid-19 and vaccinations figures across the world will need to be monitored before final decisions can be made because “it’s easy to forget about the pandemic when things are getting under control here”.