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Ellen Kirwin

Mark Drakeford confirms travel in and out of Wales is allowed to resume April 12

Mark Drakeford has announced when travel is set to get back to normal in Wales.

A date has been set for when travel both in and out of the country can resume - and it's just weeks away.

Cross border travel with Wales and the rest of the UK has been banned since last year, unless for work or educational purposes.

But as restrictions start to lift, the First Minister of Wales has said the country will soon 'reopen' for tourism.

He said that as long as the public health situation 'remains positive' Wales will reopen for cross border travel on April 12.

Mark Drakeford tweeted: "Our amazing tourism sector will begin to re-open.

"We’ll start by lifting the stay local rule and enabling self-contained accommodation to open to people living in Wales from the same household or support bubble.

"We’re also changing the rules to enable organised outdoor activities and sports for under-18s to restart and from tomorrow up to six people from two different households can meet outdoors, not including children under 11.

"Stay local will be lifted, and for the next 2 weeks people living in Wales can travel around Wales – this is to help keep the virus under control.

" We’ll keep this under review and if the public health situation remains positive, travel in and out of Wales will resume 12 April.

"Wales is moving out of alert level four and starting to move into level three.

"Step-by-step Wales is opening up while we all work together to keep the virus under control. Thank you for everything you’re doing to #KeepWalesSafe."

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