Queues akin to something you'd see "at Thorpe Park" have been witnessed at Faro Airport as stressed tourists return home from Portugal after the travel list was changed.
Both the Scottish and UK governments removed Portugal from the green list and placed it on the amber list over fears about the spread of the Delta variant.
As a result travellers are in a rush to get back in order to avoid a 10-day period of quarantine upon their return.
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The Mirror reports that hundreds of people were lined up at Faro Airport, with one of those describing the sense of urgency in the air.
Louis Cohen said: "There's definitely a few hundred people queuing. As soon as I saw the queue it was like 'oh my God'... I was gobsmacked.
"It's like queuing for Thorpe Park over the summer holiday or half-term and you are waiting two hours to get on a ride.
"As soon as I saw the queue I knew immediately that a large percentage of these passengers had to book emergency flights back or had changed their flights.
"You can see the urgency of everyone to get back before the quarantine comes into force."
The changes which see Portugal moved to the amber list come into force at 4am on Tuesday (April 8). Anyone arriving back in Scotland after that date will need to isolate for ten days.
The international travel restrictions will be reviewed every three weeks, although people are urged to 'think carefully' about whether they really need to make overseas journeys.
Transport Secretary Michael Matheson said: “Portugal is a popular destination for Scottish holiday makers and this change will clearly cause disruption to people’s travel plans.
“However we have been forthright from the outset that the traffic light system is designed to protect the safety of the people of Scotland and the continued progress we are making as we come out of lockdown.
“Using the stringent methodology of the Joint Biosecurity Centre it is clear the risk this new variant poses is now too great to allow unrestricted travel to Portugal, an approach that has been agreed by all four nations.
“International travel for holidaying purposes remains risky and subject to sudden change. We have said before people should think very carefully about travelling – and this latest development serves to underpin that advice – especially so given the prevalence and unpredictable nature of variants of concern.”
