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Nottingham Post
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Ella Doyle & Jamie Barlow

The international destinations that could move off red list at next travel review

Three countries - including Turkey - could move from red to amber on the Government's traffic light system next week, it's been suggested.

Pakistan and the Maldives are two of the other top three tip-offs to move from red to amber for UK tourists, which will come as welcome news to some.

Predictions vary greatly and aren’t always reliable but they’ve certainly been right before.

The next travel review is due on either Wednesday, September 15 or Thursday, September 16, reports MyLondon.

And Paul Charles, founder of the PC Agency travel consultancy, said: “Turkey very much deserves to be on the amber list as it has some of the best Covid safety policies in place, especially in hotels and other tourist areas and has worked hard to reduce its infection rates."

The Government reviews the traffic light system roughly every three weeks.

If the next review lands on the expected Wednesday or Thursday next week, then any changes made won’t come into effect until a few days to a week afterwards.

In recent weeks various new travel updates have been issued.

Russia has dropped its 14 day quarantine period for UK travellers - and Canada has reopened to fully vaccinated travellers.

Meanwhile, Lithuania has offered a free night in a move to entice foreign tourists.

For countries on the amber list, a PCR is needed two days after arriving in the country, as well as a Covid test three days before returning.

Fully vaccinated adults can skip the additional day eight PCR.

This means that for those who are double vaxxed, there isn’t much difference between amber and green list countries.

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