As many as 270,000 people are set to fly out of the UK to 'amber list' countries by Sunday after ministers insisted holidays in Spain and France remain off limits.
England relaxed a wave of lockdown restrictions that had been put in place to tackle the spread of Covid on Monday, giving the green light to holidays abroad.
Among the raft of changes was the re-opening of foreign travel but just 12 countries have been put on a green list, which includes Portugal, meaning tourists flying back home won't need to quarantine.
Most of Europe is on the mid-tier amber list which means passengers arriving back in the UK are required to self-isolate for 10 days and take two Covid tests.
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