Portugal has confirmed it will reopen its borders to UK tourists from Monday, despite the country extending their Covid lockdown.
Thousands of Scots raced to book a trip to Portugal after the country was placed on a green list, meaning holidaymakers can travel there without a mandatory quarantine.
But there were concerns that trips to Portugal could be cancelled after Portugal's ministers decided on Thursday to continue its current level of coronavirus lockdown restrictions until May 30 at the earliest.
But now tourist body Visit Portugal said the minister of state for foreign affairs has confirmed that UK tourists who have had a negative PCR test within the previous 72 hours will be welcomed from Monday.
Holiday firms have seen a huge surge in demand for trips to Portugal since it was put on both Scotland and England's list of countries where Brits are allowed to travel.
PA reports how EasyJet has added 105,000 extra seat to its flights serving green-tier destinations, while Tui plans to use aircraft which normally operate long-haul routes to accommodate the surge of people booked to fly to Portugal.
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Paul Charles, chief executive of travel consultancy The PC Agency, said: "It's green for go from Monday.
"Overseas travel will restart as scheduled in the Prime Minister's road map and well done to Portugal for making it happen.
"Travel can be done safely and responsibly.
"We now need to see a wider green list from the start of June."
