Double vaccinated travellers from the EU and US will no longer have to quarantine when entering the country.

The new rules came into effect at 4am on Monday August 2 after they were announced by Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, last Wednesday, July 28.

This means that people who have received both their vaccines in US or EU countries will no longer have to self-isolate for 10 days on arrival but will need to produce negative tests both before and two days after the journey.

Previously only people who had received both their vaccines in the UK were exempt.

The change does not apply to France due to concerns over the Beta variant of the virus however it is extended to the four European Free Trade Association members - Iceland, Lichenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

Airlines UK chief executive Tim Alderslade has slammed the government's decision on France.

He said: "Because of the way the Government has looked at things over the past couple of weeks with the France decision, which was a total disaster in terms of consumer confidence because people now think with amber, there’s a good chance that whether there’s a watch list or not, that they will be stranded, and that is a real dampener in terms of bookings.

"We’ve now only got six to eight weeks until the end of the summer, and tens of thousands of jobs are under threat in the travel and aviation sector.”

It is thought that this move could have a huge boost for the tourism industry in Worcester.

Read more about the potential effect of EU and US tourists on Worcester here.