Spain quarantine timing angers UK travel providers and consumer groups

Northern Ireland and Wales have also followed suit in suspending the travel corridor.

UK ministers announced on Saturday that holidaymakers who had not returned from Spain and its islands by midnight would be forced to quarantine for 14 days.

Consumer rights and travel groups in the UK have criticised the British Government after it moved suddenly to re-impose quarantine restrictions on those returning from Spain.

Ministers announced on Saturday that holidaymakers who had not returned from Spain and its islands by midnight would be forced to quarantine for 14 days after Covid-19 second wave fears saw the European country struck off the UK’s safe list.