After the update last Thursday, flight booking website Skyscanner said its traffic that evening was up 60 per cent in the following three hours, compared to the same time the previous week.
Those arriving in England from 47 new countries, including South Africa, Mexico and Thailand, will no longer be required to spend 11 nights in quarantine at a cost of £2,285 per traveller.
Tour operators and hoteliers are desperate to kick-start business, while planes have plenty of spare seats. Here, we round up a selection of the best holiday deals to be had.