Travel industry leaders say they need"clarity" over restrictions from the government if they are to meet the huge pent up demand for holidays this summer.this week, ahead of the expected lifting of the current ban on 17 May, but it's thought the list of 'green light' countries where quarantine is not required on return to the UK will be limited.
Garry Wilson is the Chief Executive of easyJet Holidays told Sky News:"Holidays are the number one thing that customers are really looking forward to spending their money on. So we know that demand is there and we know that customers want to go on holiday." But he added that what the industry needed was"clarity on what are the destinations that customers will be able to visit, and what are the protocol protocols for visiting those destinations."
"There's a level of uncertainty," he said,"because consumers are unsure about things like testing requirements."The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has yet to confirm any 'green light' destinations, but dropped some heavy hints after it stopped advising against non-essential travel to Portugal, the Greek islands of Rhodes, Kos, Zante, Corfu and Crete and the Canary Islands.
But while the uncertainty may be putting many people off booking holidays, for the families separated by the pandemic it's a different story.
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The whole country has been calling for clarity from this government from the very start of this COVID19 pandemic