TURKEY SIZZLER
Brits can jet off to Turkey this summer WITHOUT having Covid vaccine
BRITS will be able to head to Turkey for their summer holidays without a Covid vaccine passport, the country's tourism minister has said.
Mehmet Ersoy said UK travellers would be welcomed “with open arms” and without travel restrictions.
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He said: "We are looking forward to welcoming British tourists with open arms, as we did safely last summer. We have world-class border processes in place for ensuring travel will be low-risk throughout Turkey.
"We are working with the British authorities to ensure these necessary processes are world-class and as up-to-date as possible. We will not require vaccination passports from international travellers when entering the country.”
Mr Ersoy also said that the requirement to have a negative test to enter the country may be lifted from next month.
He continued: "After April 15, we will look at the number of cases again, we will re-evaluate the situation and then decide if we will continue to require negative PCR test results from British citizens entering the country.
"I expect there will be no such requirement from British visitors as the UK Government is rapidly, and impressively, rolling out the vaccination program for the whole nation and a significant portion of the population will be vaccinated by early summer."
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In a typical year, Brits would make 2.5million trips to Turkey.
The UK hopes to resume international travel from May 17 at the earliest, due to be announced on April 12.
Portugal also hopes to welcome Brits without travel restrictions or vaccine passports this summer, with the country expected to be removed from the "red list" of high-risk destinations later today.
Other countries including Greece and Spain have pushed for vaccine passports to allow Brits who have had the jab to enter the country without restrictions.
Cyprus will also welcome fully-vaccinated Brits from May 1.
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Meanwhile, “Professor Lockdown” Neil Ferguson said he was “80 per cent sure” Brits will enjoy a relatively normal summer as it was likely infection rates would be very low.
"It is highly likely that we will have driven Covid down to very low levels of case numbers, and we can begin enjoying summer," he said.
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