Covid PCR testing should be abandoned for most holidaymakers, says travel organisation Abta.
Fully vaccinated travellers should not need to be tested on their return from lower-risk countries, it said.
It also called for a “significant overhaul” of the traffic light system for travel destinations.
Abta said the policies had “choked off” this summer’s travel trade, with seven out of 10 travel firms planning to make redundancies after furlough ends.
It also called for the government to reduce the traffic light system to just a small number of “red list” countries, purely for the management of known Covid variants of concern.
The expense of PCR testing is widely blamed for discouraging people from travelling abroad.
At present, going on holiday abroad means taking Covid tests when you are returning to the UK.
Most private providers charge above £60 for PCR tests and £30 for lateral flow devices. The government has warned more than 80 providers over misleading…
