Countries you can most likely travel to from UK this summer – including Spain

Boris Johnson's recovery roadmap kicks off on Monday 8 March, as the country begins to claw itself out of lockdown.

Holidays are, of course, behind the re-opening of schools in terms of priority on the government's four-point plan of action.

But naturally we are already thinking about a get-away this summer.

A number of countries have already stated that they are very keen to get Brits back.

Fewer travel restrictions are in place to encourage people to return, as many nations are in desperate need of tourists to kick-start their economy.

But when can international holidays resume, and which countries will Brits be able to visit?

As far as UK holidays go, self-catered trips are resuming from April 12. At this stage, only one household will be able to stay together.

Then from May 17, group trips (with more than one household) can be taken. This is also the earliest point at which international holidays are expected to be allowed to resume.

Here are the countries who have already indicated they will be ready to welcome people with open arms as soon as it is safe to do so.

Spain

A hot-spot for Brits, many will be hoping to guzzle some paella in the sunshine in little over two months.

Pedro Homar, director of the Palma Tourism Board, has dropped big hints than Spain will be open to having visitors in the weeks ahead.

He told Telegraph Travel: "With the rate in which the UK is rolling out the vaccination, we are confident that the UK market will be one of the first to return to Palma.

"In terms of timings, we expect the UK market to return from around May onwards."

Turkey

Turkey are very keen to get Brits back and it could happen by June.

They have adopted the Safe Tourism Certification Program, a set of safety and hygiene measures the Turkish government introduced earlier last year.

According to The Daily Sabah, Turkey has also already been in talks with UK ministers regarding foreign travel.

But it may not be cleared until a few weeks after travel is allowed again.

Greece

Greece is seen as a safe bet – and that has plenty of people excited and already looking for deals.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Greece has reported less than 200,000 Covid cases.

Greek tourism minister Haris Theocharis suggests they will be ready and a flurry of Brits are expected.

He said: “We’ll try to dovetail with the plan that has been announced in the UK, a May 17 date has been announced there and we want to be certain to be ready by then and more generally support [the UK’s] opening.”

Maldives

Not everyone knows that the Maldives remained open to Brits during the pandemic.

So there is no reason why it won't welcome people once Stage Two of the roadmap kicks in.

But of course it is not exactly a cheap place to visit.

Though few people who have visited will tell you it's not worth the money.

Cyprus

Cyprus have already said vaccinated travellers will be welcomed back ASAP.

They continued to welcome Brits last year as other countries closed their borders.

According to TUI, Cyprus is one of the destinations seeing a surge in bookings at the moment.

There are great deals to be had, too.

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