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Rush in half-term holiday bookings as UK drops Covid testing for fully vaccinated travellers
Hundreds of thousands of people will be embarking on a half-term getaway later this month after the UK scrapped coronavirus testing for fully vaccinated travellers.
Turkey, Egypt and Portugal are amongst the most popular short-haul destinations, while Florida, Dubai, Mexico and the Caribbean have all sold well for long-haul holidays.
Stanstead Airport alone is expecting around 200,000 passengers to depart between 11-18 February, over the half-term holidays.
The UK's rules for arriving travellers were eased from 4am on Friday morning.
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