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How the UK's Reveal of 12 'Green Light' Safe Travel Countries Will Drive Bookings — Just Not to U.S.

Lebawit Lily Girma and Matthew Parsons

Photo Credit: Thomas Cook expects record demand for Lisbon in Portugal. Flickr / Rustam Aliyev

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No major surprises in this latest phase of international reopening, but serious questions over the U.S.'s absence.

The UK government on Friday finally announced its list of "green light" destinations, but the travel industry has mostly given it a lukewarm reception due to several notable absences, including the U.S. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps confirmed a list of countries that people in England can travel to on a "non-essential" basis and return quarantine-free. It begins on May 17. They are: Portugal; Israel; Singapore; Australia; New Zealand; Brunei; Iceland; Gibraltar; Falkland Islands; Faroe Islands; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; and St Helena, Tristan de Cunha, Ascension Island.

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Covid-19 tests, however, will be required before and after travel. Yes, there's relief. Most travel travel businesses and organizations will be happy the government has, finally, made a decision. With that

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