UK Holidaymakers, Travel Companies Urged to Be ‘Patient’ and ‘Flexible’

UK Holidaymakers, Travel Companies Urged to Be ‘Patient’ and ‘Flexible’
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on May 7, 2021. Tolga Akmen/PA
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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps on Thursday asked for “patience” from British holidaymakers who are eager to go to destinations on the government’s “amber list.”

It comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson stressed on Wednesday that people shouldn’t go to amber list countries except in extreme circumstances.