Timeline for Spain, Italy, Portugal and more reopening to Irish tourists this summer
This summer could see foreign holidays abroad happening and these are the steps you ll need to take
Playa del Reducto beach in Lanzarote. (Image: Sergi Reboredo/Sipa USA)
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Positive news for travel and tourism in the UK and Portugal
The UK is a major source market for Portugal, with 2.1 million Brits visiting in 2019, making it the second-largest source market after Spain, according to GlobalData. Bookings have recently surged after it was announced that Portugal would be on the UK’s green list from 17 May 2021. Ryanair has released an extra 175,000 seats on its UK-Portugal routes this summer in reaction to heightened demand whilst Thomas Cook took in the first hour from 5pm to 6pm on 7 May as many Portugal bookings as it took in the whole month of April.
About 1,300 nurses left the country during the pandemic
The Independent Union of All United Nurses (SITEU) has highlighted the lack of appreciation of the nurses by the Government, which led to about 1,300 professionals leaving the country during the covid-19 pandemic. The complaint is made in an open letter from this union, created in early 2020, addressed to the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
“Right now, there are more than 1,800 nurses with contracts for a certain time to face the covid-19 pandemic who have not seen, or will see, their contracts renewed. This lack of recognition and appreciation of our work promotes the exodus, and in the middle of the pandemic, around 1,300 nurses emigrated”, stressed SITEU.
Timeline for when Spain, Italy, Portugal and more will open to Irish tourists this summer
This summer could see foreign holidays abroad happening and these are the steps you ll need to take
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Flights to Portugal could be the hottest tickets of the summer as the ever-popular tourist destination is one of few set to welcome back British tourists from May 17.