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LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris
Johnson said on Monday that he wanted to get the travel industry
moving again with a simple user-friendly system of rules to
allow for trips abroad.
"We need to get people, get the travel industry moving
again," Johnson told reporters.
"We want an approach that is as simple as we can possibly
make it."
Britain reopened its borders to large parts of the world on
Monday, scrapping quarantine for fully vaccinated arrivals from
the European Union, excluding France, and the United States.
But the boost for the travel industry was dimmed by
speculation that the government could also soon slap new rules
on holidays.
The Times newspaper reported a COVID-19 warning against
trips to Spain, the UK's most popular destination, was likely.
Spain could go on a new category of risk - the "amber
watchlist" - meaning it could be upgraded to "red" at short
notice, with arrivals having to quarantine in hotels, the Times
said.
Asked about the possibility of an "amber watchlist" Johnson
said that people had to remember that COVID-19 remained
dangerous.
"We must try and stop variants coming in, must stop
importing variants from abroad, so we have to have a balanced
approach," he said.
"What I want to see is something that is as simple and as
user friendly for people as possible."
(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge and Sarah Young; editing by
Costas Pitas)