Transport Secretary Grant Shapps was delighted to announce the travel shake-up to the UK’s rules.
The Maldives and Turkey were among eight countries removed from the red list.
Double-Jabbed holidaymakers will no longer need to take a pre-departure test before arrival into England from a non red list country from October 4.
Later in October, travellers will be able to take a cheaper lateral flow test instead of the day 2 PCR test.
Mr Shapps said he hoped the new measures would “strike the right balance to manage the public health risk as No.1 priority”.
