Turkey has announced that it will accept UK travellers this summer as soon as the Covid-19 pandemic permits international travel.
Holidaymakers will not need to provide a vaccine certificate and the current PCR test proof for British citizens to enter Turkey will be reviewed on April 15.
Turkey’s Culture and tourism minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said: “We are looking forward to welcoming British tourists with open arms, as we did safely last summer.
“We have world-class border processes in place for ensuring travel will be low-risk throughout Turkey.
“We are working with the British authorities to ensure these necessary processes are world-class and as up-to-date as possible.
“We will not require vaccination passports from international travellers when entering the country.
“After April 15, we will look at the number of cases again, we will re-evaluate the situation and then decide if we will continue to require negative PCR test results from British citizens entering the country.
“I expect there will be no such requirement from British visitors as the UK government is rapidly, and impressively, rolling out the vaccination program for the whole nation and a significant portion of the population will be vaccinated by early summer.”
He continued: “To ensure our visitors can enjoy a safe and healthy holiday at all stages of their trip, we will continue to invest in the ‘Safe Tourism Certification Program’ which we launched in 2020.
“We have expanded the scope this year and made it compulsory for hotels and other accommodation facilities with 30 rooms or more. More than 8,000 facilities have been certified so far.”
Foreign holidays are currently banned from the UK until May 17 at the earliest.
