Spain has said it is officially lifting restrictions for UK travellers from Monday.
The government says the UK and Japan will be on a list of countries whose residents are able to avoid restrictions on non-essential travel to the EU. They will not need a PCR test.

However UK tourists going to Spain will have to quarantine on their return. Germany also announced that anyone arriving from the UK would have to quarantine for two weeks.

The German public health institute said the decision was related to the Indian Covid-19 variant, which is responsible for majority of new cases in parts of England and is believed to spread more quickly.

Earlier, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said: "We've been clear people shouldn't be travelling to amber list [nations] for the purpose of holidays. Our advice hasn't changed. We will keep the green list under review… and will add countries where possible."

Portugal is the main destination on the UK's short "green" list of countries that are free of the quarantine requirement. Under the UK's traffic light system, people are advised to avoid amber and red countries, where the Covid risk is greater.



The EU is currently deciding on an expanded "white list" of countries whose citizens can enter the EU freely.



Only seven, with very low Covid infection rates, are on the list now. Those countries are: Australia, Israel, New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand.



The BBC has been told a final EU decision on expanding the list has been delayed for another two weeks.



Tourism in Portugal and Spain relies heavily on British visitors in the summer, and travellers from England, Scotland and Wales began flying to Portugal last Monday.

Spain will allow people from other non-EU countries who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 to enter the country from 7 June, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said. They will include US citizens.



Mr Sánchez said the lifting of these curbs should allow Spain's summer tourism to reach 30-40% of 2019 levels.

The Eu have decided that visitors should be allowed to come from countries of incidence rate of below 75 cases per 100,000 people.

Under those terms, UK travellers would be eligible but there are ongoing concerns about the Indian Covid-19 variant.S

Some EU countries are hesitating over the UK, as they want to see how the surge of British cases related to the Indian variant plays out.

EU envoys have also recommended that non-essential travel should be allowed from outside the EU for people who have been fully vaccinated. However, they say it should be up to member states to decide on measures they impose, such as Covid tests or quarantine.

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