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What travel rules are still in place?

Assuming you're fully-vaccinated, you need to complete a Passenger Locator Form to come back to the UK. We expect that to be removed in time for the Easter school holidays in Easter, meaning travel - at least back to the UK - will finally be as easy as it was before the pandemic in 2019.

What travel rules have been scrapped?

All the other ones! Remember traffic lights? Gone. The red list and airport hotel quarantine? Also gone. See our graphic below for a timeline of every travel rule we've seen come and go over the course of the last two years, from pre-departure PCR tests to it being illegal to leave your house to drive to the airport.

How travel got it's wings back - infographic explaining the last 2 years of travel restrictions

Remember the first green list...

Here's our old roundup of the only 13 countries you could fly to back in June 2021.

What about the rules overseas?

Almost every major holiday destination has reopened now. Some are only open to vaccinated travellers, and some require tests, but assuming you've had your jabs you can go almost anywhere you could before.

Rules for the top ten holiday destinations

Spain

  • Unvaccinated adults not admitted
  • Children aged 12-17 need a PCR test

Italy

  • Unvaccinated adults quarantine for 5 days
  • Negative test for all visitors 6+

Portugal

  • Unvaccinated 12+ require negative test

USA

  • Unvaccinated adults not admitted
  • Negative test for all visitors 2+

Greece

  • Unvaccinated 5+ require negative test

France

  • Unvaccinated 12+ only admitted for essential reasons

Turkey

  • Unvaccinated 12+ require negative test

Switzerland

  • Unvaccinated adults not admitted

Poland

  • Unvaccinated 12+ quarantine for 7 days

Ireland

  • Unvaccinated 11+ require negative test unless travelling from Northern Ireland

The holiday spots that most recently reopened…

  • Thailand (Feb 1)
  • Morocco (Feb 7)
  • Belgium (Feb 18) - drops quarantine requirement
  • Australia (Feb 21)
  • Netherlands (Feb 25) - drops quarantine requirement
  • Iceland (Feb 25) - drops all travel restrictions
  • Vietnam (March 15)

…and the 27 countries that are still closed to British tourists

  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Benin
  • Bhutan
  • Brunei
  • China
  • Eritrea
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Japan
  • Kiribati
  • Laos
  • Madagascar
  • Malaysia
  • Nauru
  • New Zealand
  • Niger
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Qatar
  • Russia
  • Singapore
  • Suriname
  • Taiwan
  • Tajikistan
  • Timor-Leste
  • Tonga
  • Turkmenistan