When announcing the latest travel corridor changes, Grant Shapps revealed that the government would be lifting its "total travel ban" on Denmark, but keeping it on the quarantine list for Brits.
The current ban has been in place since earlier this month, but from 4am on Saturday 28th November it will end. However, Brits will still need to quarantine for 14 days when returning to the UK.
The Secretary of State for Transport announced the news on Twitter, writing: "We are now able to LIFT the total travel ban on Denmark. However, the country will remain OFF the Government’s Travel Corridor list. This change also becomes active at 4am on Sat 28 November."
Understandably, it's left some holidaymakers confused as to how restrictions could remain when a 'total travel ban' is being lifted.
So let us shed some light.
Earlier this month, the government announced that it was introducing a travel ban on Denmark meaning that any visitors arriving in the UK from the country would be denied entry, including travellers from the Faroe Islands and Greenland transiting through Denmark. Passenger plans and ships travelling directly from Denmark were also no longer able to land or dock at English ports.
This blanket ban is the one being lifted.
However, during the pandemic there are still plenty of travel restrictions in place, and Denmark's numbers of coronavirus cases will be one of the factors considered for the decision to keep it off the UK's travel corridors list.
Usually when a country isn't on the travel corridors, the FCDO also updates its advice to be against non-essential travel, so it looks like the government will be advising against travel rather than flat out banning it.
Even if you did want to go to Denmark, at the time of writing the country isn't accepting Brits anyways, as the UK is deemed a 'banned' country because of its numbers of coronavirus cases.
You can find out more in the latest FCDO Denmark travel advice.
