Traffic light travel update: Which countries are on the green, amber and red lists?

MORE countries have been added to the green and red lists this week, with seven more destinations opening to Brits from next week.

Here is the latest update following the government announcement.

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Destinations on the green list have the most relaxed rules, with Brits not having to quarantine when returning to the UK.

Brits only need a pre-arrival Covid test and one on day two.

Amber list arrivals will have to quarantine for 10 days on their return, as well as have a pre-arrival Covid test as well as one on day two and day eight.

However, fully vaccinated Brits can skip the quarantine restrictions as well as the day eight test, is returning from an amber list destinations.

Children are also exempt from self-isolation, meaning that family holidays to countries like Spain, Greece and Italy can go ahead.

All non-essential travel, including holidays, are banned to countries on the red list, with returning Brits having to pay £2,285 for a 10-day isolation at a quarantine hotel.

While the destinations on each list can change at short notice, here are the full list of countries on each list.

What countries are on the green list?

The green list is the smallest of the lists, with the following destinations on it:

• Anguila
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Australia
• Austria
• The Azores (from August 30)
• Barbados
• Bermuda
• British Antarctic Territory
• British Indian Ocean Territory
• British Virgin Islands
• Brunei
• Bulgaria
• Canada (from August 30)
• Cayman Islands
• Croatia
• Denmark (from August 30)
• Dominica
• Falkland Islands
• Faroe Islands
• Finland (from August 30)
• Germany
• Gibraltar
• Grenada
• Iceland
• Israel and Jerusalem
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein (from August 30)
• Lithuania (from August 30)
• Madeira
• Malta
• Montserrat
• Myanmar
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Pitcairn Islands
• Romania
• Slovenia
• Slovakia
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
• Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
• Singapore
• Switzerland (from August 30)
• Taiwan
• Turks and Caicos Islands

The new updates this week include Canada, Denmark, Finland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Switzerland, and the Azores which will all be green from August 30.

What countries are on the amber list?

The following countries are on the amber list:

• Akrotiri and Dhekelia
• Albania
• Algeria
• Andorra
• Armenia
• Aruba
• Azerbaijan
• The Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Belize
• Benin
• Bhutan
• Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Burkina Faso
• British Virgin Islands
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• China
• Comoros
• Congo
• Cook Islands, Tokelau, Niue
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Cuba
• Curaçao
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Djibouti
• Dominican Republic
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Estonia
• Fiji
• France
• French Polynesia
• Gabon
• The Gambia
• Ghana
• Greece (including the islands)
• Greenland
• Guadeloupe
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Hungary
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Italy
• India
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kiribati
• Kosovo
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Liberia
• Libya
• Luxembourg
• Macao
• Madagascar
• Malaysia
• Mali
• Marshall Islands
• Martinique
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Micronesia
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Mongolia
• Morocco
• Myanmar
• Nauru
• Netherlands
• New Caledonia
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• North Korea
• North Macedonia
• The Occupied Palestinian Territories
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea
• Poland
• Portugal (not including Madeira or the Azores)
• Qatar
• Russia
• Samoa
• San Marino
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Serbia
• Sierra Leone
• Solomon Islands
• South Korea
• South Sudan
• Spain (including the islands)
• St Kitts and Nevis
• St Lucia
• St Maarten
• St Martin and St Barthélemy
• St Pierre and Miquelon
• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• Sweden
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Timor-Leste
• Togo
• Tonga
• Tunisia
• Turkmenistan
• Tuvalu
• UAE
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United States
• Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu
• Vietnam
• Wallis and Futuna
• Western Sahara
• Yemen

Most of the popular European holiday hotspots are on the list, including Spain, Portugal and Greece.

There were no countries added to the amber list this week.

What countries are on the red list?

The following countries are on the red list, which means all non-essential travel is banned:

• Angola
• Afghanistan
• Argentina
• Bangladesh
• Bolivia
• Botswana
• Burundi
• Brazil
• Cape Verde
• Chile
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Democratic Republic of Congo
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• French Guiana
• Georgia
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Kenya
• La Reunion
• Lesotho
• Malawi
• Maldives
• Mayotte
• Mexico
• Mongolia
• Montenegro (from August 30)
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nepal
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Rwanda
• Seychelles
• Sri Lanka
• South Africa
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Suriname
• Tanzania
• Thailand (from August 30)
• Tunisia
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Turkey
• Uganda
• Uruguay
• Venezuela
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Thailand and Montenegro have been moved to the red list this week, with the new rules enforced from next week.

While many of them are not popular holiday destinations for Brits, the red list does include Turkey, the Maldives and Mexico.