Holidaymakers are set to be disappointed with little cheer for those hoping to see travel restrictions eased for more countries in the next travel review.
Turkey is desperate to be lifted from the UK Government's red list for travel in time for the end of the summer holiday season when the latest update is announced this week.
But there is unlikely to be much movement for many popular holiday hotspots.
Officials at the Turkish Embassy said in a statement: “The scientific data on Covid-19 supports our expectation that Turkey will be removed from the red list at the upcoming review."
The country has been on the red list of “high risk” destinations since the UK first implemented its traffic light system for international travel earlier this year.
Turkey’s current 14-day rate of new Covid infections is 405.79 per 100,000, according to data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, compared to 580.33 in the UK.
Morocco could be moved to the red category, along with Jamaica, St Lucia and Dominica. Expert analysis has pinpointed just five possible additions to the green list – Poland, Bhutan, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Saudi Arabia. These countries are unlikely to help boost travel in the remaining weeks of the summer.
According to travel consultancy, The PC Agency, up to eight destinations could change from green to amber. These are: Israel, Croatia, Madeira, Lithuania, and Caribbean islands of Montserrat, Anguilla, Antigua and Turks & Caicos.
Paul Charles, boss of The PC Agency, told the Telegraph: "Significant changes could be some Caribbean islands turning red, and Saudi Arabia turning green as well as Israel going amber.
“Much of Europe won’t change because the government would create utter chaos at our borders during the bank holiday weekend and week if they chose to turn some of the most popular countries red, such as Balearics or Spain, and force so many people into hotel quarantine.”
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