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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder

UK travel restrictions ‘caused monumental economic damage to the industry’

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Following the announcement that all Covid travel restrictions for arrival to the UK will be dropped from Friday, senior industry figures have expressed their astonishment that the country’s rules continued for so long – with one describing them as “ill thought-through shambles of government policies”.

Only three months ago, the UK had the most onerous and expensive Covid rules for travellers in Europe.

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