Major airlines and tour operators have signed a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging him to rethink the current traffic light system.
The Save Our Summer joint group are calling for the PM to implement a US-style system where those who are double-vaccinated and travel to any country that will accept them, provided they take a pre-departure test on their return.
Quarantine for double-vaccinated travellers would also be completely scrapped.
The group said this simplified approach would help the UK travel sector recover while protecting the country’s health needs.
The group, which also accepted that there would continue to be “a number of red countries which would be out of bounds” to British travellers, however everywhere else would be accessible to those who have been double-vaccianted.
The letter reads: “We urge Ministers to simplify travel urgently so that at least the key travel month of August can be salvaged.
“The traffic light system should be either abandoned or made much easier, along the lines of the American system.
“There would continue to be some red countries which would be out of bounds but the majority of destinations would be accessible to the fully jabbed.
“This easy-to-understand policy would help the UK travel sector recover, build confidence quickly among consumers and still protect our country’s health needs with pre-departure testing.
“We call on the Prime Minister to act swiftly so as to save tens of thousands of jobs and provide clarity for consumers hoping to travel to see loved ones.”
Signatories included travel firms such as Trailfinders, United Airlines, Finn Air, Kirker Holidays and Regent Seven Seas Cruises.
The group also called for an end to the requirement for the fully-vaccinated to have a PCR test on the second day after returning from a green or amber country.
