Travel: Seven destinations go green
Two locations have been moved to the red list though.
Last updated 30th Aug 2021
The Azores, Switzerland, and Canada are among seven locations now added to the Government's green travel list.
Denmark, Finland, Liechtenstein and Lithuania are also being moved to the list.
The changes came into effect at 4am on Monday.
The decision means all travellers arriving in the UK from those locations will be exempt from coronavirus quarantine requirements.
Thailand and Montenegro are being added to the red travel list, meaning arrivals must enter a quarantine hotel.
The Azores are a Portuguese archipelago in the mid-Atlantic, and are open to UK holidaymakers.
Canada's addition to the green list is likely to increase the number of Canadian visitors to the UK.
But the North American country continues to ban entry to British nationals.
Travel lists, which determine the quarantine and testing requirements for people arriving in the UK, are updated every three weeks.
Many popular tourist destinations such as Spain, France and Greece are on the amber list, which means returning travellers who are not fully vaccinated must self-isolate at home for 10 days, take one pre-departure test and two post-arrival test.
Fully vaccinated travellers are exempt from quarantine, but must still take one pre-departure test and one post-arrival test.
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