it s been so unnerving for travel companies, hasn t it? everyone felt things were getting back to normal and all of a sudden, a new variant, people are now reluctant to book holidays in case they have to cancel them at the last minute and south africa, a popular destination is now on the red list and people had to hotel quarantine when they arrived backin hotel quarantine when they arrived back in the uk, and it is things like having a pcr test on the nhs which travel bosses say would encourage people to book holidays if there was less cost for them. when you walk through gatwick airport, it is so much quieter than it was before the pandemic. only one terminal is open, the north terminal, the south terminal is closed, lots of shops are closed because there is no point, there is not enough passengers to support these businesses. these businesses. thank you very much. before
big gatherings outside, up to 20 people. people having visitors at home of up to five people. all, of course, conditioned on the vaccination numbers. now, remember, all of this is on the day where the state has recorded about more than 1,400 cases, more than 150 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. for australia, these are huge numbers. restrictions on travel to and from the uk could ease later this month under plans to simplify the current traffic light system. the green and amber lists could be scrapped meaning double vaccinated holiday makers could travel to countries with similar levels of vaccination as the uk, without the need to quarantine. those arriving in the uk from high risk destinations would still be required to isolate for ten days in a hotel. aru na iyengar reports. if this is your idea of a dream holiday. rather than this, things may be about to change. travel bosses say uk holiday makers have been put off flying abroad
government benefits in every aspect of its work if this changes, not least the minister ofjustice where i m told that ministers are very ambitious for a change and very ambitious for a change and very ambitious for a change and very ambitious for children, well, this will be looking at how they can do this, and that s the case we will be making over the next year.- this, and that s the case we will be making over the next year. thank you ve much making over the next year. thank you very much for making over the next year. thank you very much forjoining making over the next year. thank you very much forjoining us. making over the next year. thank you very much forjoining us. anne - very much forjoining us. anne longfield. restrictions on travel to and from the uk could ease later this month under plans to simplify the current traffic light system. the green and amber lists could be scrapped meaning double vaccinated holiday makers could travel to countries with similar levels of
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dreamless countries, you arrive back without the need to quarantine but you also must test. testing is a big part. we understand from travel bosses who ve been working with a government that changes are under way and proposals are being worked on with government to transform system. that would say cream and embolus countries effectively removed with a much more open policy that would lyle fully vaccinated travellers to travel to countries with similar levels of vaccination as we have here in the uk. the travel industry very keen for this to happen because they feel that the travel rules have been in place this summer have really, really restricted piece of eight peoples confidence for booking for the up the government will say that the system that is in place is there to protect public health, to protect the public from the spread of variance changes are favoured by the travel agencies and understand they are now be looked at by the government.