Scotland to ease travel and testing rules in line with England

In response, Jacqueline Dobson, president of Barrhead Travel, welcomed the move and claimed fully-vaccinated travellers will be "relieved to say goodbye to these costly tests".
 
"Travel was the last industry to bear the burden of restrictions so removing the requirement to test after arrival is a vote of confidence for all travel businesses this summer," she added.

"We now want to see the government set-out a long-term recovery strategy and hear how it intends to tackle future variants so that travel need not suffer future economic disruption."
 
Dobson said holidays for 2022 were "well and truly back on the table" and expected the announcement to prompt more customers to "firm up" their travel arrangements this year. 

Meanwhile, Mike Tibbert, president of The Scottish Passenger Agents’ Association (SPAA), echoed Dobson’s calls and described the move as "overdue, but welcome".

"The seemingly endless changes and updates to travel regulation have been immensely disruptive for the whole of Scotland’s travel sector, with a devastating effect on our economy and individual businesses," he added.

"But on this milestone day, what we need is strategic planning for the future. We need reassurance that, if new variants are discovered, we do not return to knee-jerk, draconian measures to shut down international travel."