UK Expands List of 'Green Light' Countries for Travel


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Real beach time is finally here for Britons eager to escape this summer, and it's great news for tourism-dependent spots such as the Caribbean, Malta, and the Balearics. But with the traffic light system potentially changing at any time, it isn't likely to boost consumer confidence for international travel.

Unlike more than a month ago, the UK is finally reopening non-essential travel for Britons to a larger number of accessible, popular summer vacation choices. These include a large swatch of Caribbean islands that are Briton favorites: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, and the Turks and Caicos Islands — as well as Malta, Madeira, and Spain's Balearic Islands. The UK initially rolled out its first green light list on May 7 of destinations that can Britons can