Brit hopes for summer holidays fade as Portugal moved to UK amber list

Passengers disembarking from an early morning flight to Madeira (Joe Pepler/PinPep)

Hopes for summer holidays abroad are fading after travel rules were tightened amid growing concerns over coronavirus variants and mutations.

Travel bosses are facing “another lost summer” after Portugal was added to the amber travel list just weeks after the holiday hotspot reopened for British tourists.