The UK’s travel list is being updated again with new countries to be added and removed from the green list from Monday.

The current traffic light system can be difficult to keep up with and it’s difficult to know where you can travel to from your nearest airport; this is why we have compiled a useful list of green and amber destinations relevant for Manchester Airport. 

From Monday (30 August) at 4am, The Azores, Switzerland, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Liechtenstein and Lithuania will be added to the green list.

Canada’s addition to the green list is likely to increase the number of Canadian visitors to the UK.

But the North American country continues to ban entry to British nationals.

Similarly, while  Hong Kong is on the green list and you can visit from Manchester Airport, the UK is on the Hong Kong SAR government’s list of “high risk places”. This means that those arriving from the UK must only be fully vaccinated Hong Kong residents.

Thailand and Montenegro are being added to the red travel list, meaning arrivals must enter a quarantine hotel.

A spokesperson for Manchester Airport says the latest traffic light announcement will have a “positive impact” on holidaymakers travel destinations, but adds that more still needs to be done.

Charlie Cornish, CEO of MAG, said: “Today’s announcement will have a positive impact on the options available to those looking to go on holiday in the remaining days of the summer season.

“But in reality, these changes will make little difference to the overall recovery of the UK travel industry, which is already recovering at less than half the pace of the rest of Europe.

“Europe’s stronger recovery has been driven by the removal of testing requirements on vaccinated travellers.

“Unless the UK also removes the need for people with full immunity to take these tests, we will continue to squander the advantage our world-leading vaccination programme was supposed to deliver, while passengers on the continent travel restriction-free to low-risk destinations.”

The next big traffic light system review is set to take place in October but Manchester Airport hope this deadline is brought forward.

They said: “The government cannot wait until the 1stOctober to make changes to the travel regime and must press ahead with an overhaul of its traffic light system immediately.

“We must arrive at a simpler, more affordable and sustainable travel framework to enable the best possible winter season and give customers the confidence to book ahead for 2022.”

Which green and amber list destinations can I travel to from Manchester Airport?

Green list

  • Antigua (at risk of moving to amber)
  • Barbados (at risk of moving to amber)
  • Gibraltar
  • Malta
  • Singapore

Amber list

  • Mauritus
  • Morocco
  • Ibiza
  • Mahon, Menorca
  • St Lucia