Covid-19

Travelling – Traffic Light System – All You Need To Know

Updated: 17/08/2021 @08:00

Current list of countries in Greed, Amber & Red Lists – All you need to know

The traffic light system divides destinations into 3 categories – Green, Amber & Red

Visiting Green countries means the fewest rules and there is no quarantine when travellers return home to the UK. The ranking of countries depends partly on the number of Covid-19 cases and the success of each of the countries vaccine rollouts.

Countries on the Green List:
These are the countries & territories on the Green list:

Anguilla	Green watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Antarctica/British Antarctic Territory	Green watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Antigua and Barbuda	Green watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Austria	Moved to the green list 4am, Sunday 8 August. If you arrived in England before then, you must follow the amber list rules.
Australia
Barbados	Green watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Bermuda	Green watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
British Indian Ocean Territory	Green watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Brunei
Bulgaria
Cayman Islands	Green watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Croatia	Green watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Dominica	Green watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
Germany	Moved to the green list 4am, Sunday 8 August. If you arrived in England before then, you must follow the amber list rules.
Gibraltar
Grenada	Green watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Hong Kong	.
Iceland
Israel and Jerusalem	Green watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Latvia	Moved to the green list 4am, Sunday 8 August. If you arrived in England before then, you must follow the amber list rules.
Madeira	Green watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Mainland Portugal and the Azores are on the amber list.
Malta
Montserrat	Green watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
New Zealand
Norway	Moved to the green list 4am, Sunday 8 August. If you arrived in England before then, you must follow the amber list rules.
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands	Green watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Romania	Moved to the green list 4am, Sunday 8 August. If you arrived in England before then, you must follow the amber list rules.
Singapore
Slovakia	Moved to the green list 4am, Sunday 8 August. If you arrived in England before then, you must follow the amber list rules.
Slovenia	Moved to the green list 4am, Sunday 8 August. If you arrived in England before then, you must follow the amber list rules.
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Taiwan	Green watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.
Turks and Caicos Islands	Green watchlist – at risk of moving from green to amber.

The list will be reviewed every 3 weeks and countries can be added or removed at short notice so please ensure you regularly check for the latest updates here on travelzine.co.uk.

Not all green list destinations are open for tourism and the government says it is travellers’ responsibility to check this.

Rules for travelling to England from countries on the Green list:
1. Take a COVID-19 test – you must take the test in the 3 days before you travel to England
2. Book and pay for a day 2 COVID-19 test – to be taken after arrival in England
3. Complete a passenger locator form

After you arrive in England:
1. You must take a COVID-19 test on or before day 2
2. You do not need to quarantine unless the test result is positive
3. Children aged 4 and under do not need to take this test

You must follow these rules, even if you have been vaccinated.

AMBER LIST
You should not travel to countries on the Amber list the government says, but from 17th May it will no longer be illegal.

Rules for visiting countries on the Amber list:
1. Take a Covid-19 test
2. Book and pay for a day Covid-19 test for day two and day eight of your return
3. Complete a passenger locator form

On arrival in England you must quarantine at home or in the place you are staying for 10 days.

You must follow these rules, even if you have been vaccinated.

RED LIST
You should not travel to countries on the Red list the government says.

If you have been in one of the countries on the Red list in the last 10 days, you can only enter the UK if you are a UK or Irish national, or UK resident.

Before arriving back into the UK, you must:
1. Take a Covid-19 test
2. Book and pay for a day Covid-19 test for day two and day eight of your return
3. Complete a passenger locator form

Upon arrival in England you must self-isolate for 10 full days in a quarantine hotel.

You will need to agree to book and pay in advance:
– 10-day (11-night) rate for one adult in one room is £1,750
– Additional rate per adult (or child over 11) is £650
– Children aged five to 11 are charged £325

You can be fined £10,000 or jailed for providing inaccurate details.