As international leisure travel has been given the go-ahead to resume on May 17, holidaymakers are scrambling to make bookings.
But the number of destinations available to British holidaymakers without the need for costly Covid tests and hotel quarantine, or self-isolation at home, is fairly limited as it stands.
The Government has divided up travel destinations into green, amber and red travel lists according to the latest coronavirus data.
So far, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced just 12 green list countries where holidaymakers can travel without quarantining on return.
But the majority of destinations remain on the red list and amber lists - places which the Government has said should not be visited for leisure purposes.
Before returning to England from an amber country, passengers must complete a locator form and take a Covid-19 test for proof of a negative test result.
They must also self-isolate at home or in the place they are staying for 10 days. They will also have to take a Covid test on or before the second day of arriving, and on or after the eighth day.
Amber list destinations
- Afghanistan
- Akrotiri and Dhekelia
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia (Will move from amber to green list 4am, May 17. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.)
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- The Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- British Antarctic Territory
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei (Will move from amber to green list 4am, May 17. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.)
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Falkland Islands (Will move from amber to green list 4am, May 17. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules,)
- Faroe Islands (Will move from amber to green list 4am, May 17. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.)
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar (Will move from amber to green list 4am, May 17). If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.)
- Greece (including islands)
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland (Will move from amber to green list 4am, May 17. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.)
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel and Jerusalem (Will move from amber to green list 4am, May 17. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.)
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Maldives (Will move to the red list 4am, May 12. If you arrive in England after that, you need to follow the red list rules.)
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Nauru
- Nepal (Will move to the red list 4am, May 12. If you arrive in England after that, you need to follow the red list rules.)
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand (Will move from amber to green list 4am, May 17. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.)
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- The Occupied Palestinian Territories
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
- Poland
- Portugal (including the Azores and Madeira) (Will move from amber to green list 4am, May 17. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.)
- Réunion
- Romania
- Russia
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore (Will move from amber to green list 4am, May 17. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (Will move from amber to green list 4am, May 17. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.)
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain (including the Balearics and Canary Islands)
- Sri Lanka
- St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (Will move from amber to green list 4am, May 17. If you arrive in England before then, you need to follow the amber list rules.)
- St Kitts and Nevis
- St Lucia
- St Martin and St Barthélemy
- St Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey (Will move to the red list 4am, May 12. If you arrive in England after that, you need to follow the red list rules.)
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United States
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vietnam
- Wallis and Futuna
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
If there is a sudden change in conditions, a country or territory may be moved between lists without warning. Information is correct at the time of publication, but is subject to change.
