The UK travel industry has for months criticised the government's strict quarantine rules and last minute changes to country classifications which has resulted in a roller-coaster of booking surges followed by mass cancellations. Britain said on Friday that it was scrapping a planned easing of coronavirus rules for fully-vaccinated UK arrivals into England from France. The stocks have all lost around 20% of their value over the last three months as new variants and ongoing travel rules and restrictions have crushed hopes for a bumper summer. Britain's travel recovery lags that of other European countries. Figures released by Britain's busiest airport Heathrow showed passenger numbers in June were still nearly 90% down on pre-pandemic 2019 numbers.

Source: bd News24 July 19, 2021 11:15 UTC