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Overseas tourist offices back call for air bridges from June 29
A body representing overseas tourist offices in the UK has written to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking him to lift the quarantine requirement for travel from ‘low risk’ countries.
ANTOR also sent the letter to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.
It called for the establishment of air bridges between the UK and countries with lower levels of coronavirus cases by June 28, the date the Government has set for reviewing the quarantine, which came into force on June 8.
ANTOR pointed out that the UK travel industry supports four million jobs 11% of the countries’ combined workforce, and contributes £200 billion, 11% of their GDP.
"Analysing the current statistics of our 60 members, 24 countries have had less than 125 deaths from Covid-19 in total, 38 countries less than 1000 deaths and 52 less than 10,000," it said.
"There are six destinations who have had a higher number of cases per capita than the UK. By lifting the quarantine measures with immediate effect this will allow those low-risk countries with land and sea access, and acceptable preventative measures in place, to welcome British tourists this summer."
Linsey McNeill
Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk
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