Foreign holidays are unlikely to get the go-ahead until August, according to senior government figures. Officials have warned that the government’s review of foreign holidays, due on April 12, will not recommend the restarting of international leisure travel until August at the earliest.
The government’s roadmap out of lockdown has touted May 17 as the earliest possible date people would be able to take foreign holidays.
But this is looking increasingly unlikely and those who attempt to leave England to go on holiday will be fined £5,000 under new laws that kick in on Monday.
A Whitehall official familiar with discussions between the Department for Transport and the travel industry said: “There will be a system of travel corridors to green-list countries with good vaccination rates. Israel, here we come!”
One plan under consideration is a traffic-light system that would allow travel to “green list” countries with very low rates of infection.
Passengers coming from safe countries would take a lateral flow test on their return without needing to quarantine.
Those coming from a country on the “amber list”, nations with moderate rates of infection, would need a negative PCR test before travel. They could also be required to quarantine and take a lateral flow test on their return.
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