Spain will allow British travellers into the country without a negative PCR Covid test from May 24, the country’s government has said.
The UK’s favourite foreign holiday destination is following Portugal’s lead to allow in British tourists. However, the country still remains on the UK’s amber list.
This means the UK Government’s official advice still remains that people “should not” travel there unless for an essential reason. Those who do, must self-isolate for 10 days on their return and take two COVID tests.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said they would be “more than delighted” to receive British tourists back into the country and without health controls.
Despite the UK government telling people not to travel to amber destinations, analysis by the Telegraph suggests that up to 270,000 Brits will fly to amber list countries by the weekend.
Yesterday, UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps revealed he is pushing for the green list of countries to be expanded and hinted it could happen within weeks.
People are allowed to travel to green list countries on holiday and do not have to quarantine on return because those regions are considered to pose the “lowest” coronavirus risk.
However, the next review of the system is not expected until the first week in June.
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