Traffic light system replaced, with overseas destinations now listed as either ‘red’ or OK for travel
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Rules for English travellers heading overseas have been significantly simplified, with the “amber” list of countries scrapped and the traffic light designation replaced with destinations listed as either “red” or OK for travel.
The long-heralded shake-up of the travel regulations, announced by the Department for Transport on Friday, also included a reduction in the number of countries placed on what was the “red” list, with almost all travel not permitted. Turkey, Pakistan and Maldives are among eight countries to be removed from the red list.
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