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Is my holiday destination on the green, amber or red list?

The changes will come into effect from 4am on Sunday.

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Changes to the green, amber and red travel lists have been announced.

This is how they will look for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland from 4am on Sunday:

Passengers arrive at Heathrow Airport
Travellers arriving in the UK from green-list locations do not need to self-isolate (Yui Mok/PA)

Green list:
Anguilla
Antarctica/British Antarctic Territory
Antigua and Barbuda
Austria
Australia
Barbados
Bermuda
British Indian Ocean Territory
Brunei
Bulgaria
Cayman Islands
Croatia
Dominica
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
Germany

A general view of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
Germany is being added to the green list (Tim Goode/PA)

Gibraltar
Grenada
Hong Kong
Iceland
Israel and Jerusalem
Latvia
Madeira
Malta
Montserrat
New Zealand

A tram in Christchurch, New Zealand
New Zealand is on the green list, but its borders are closed to foreign tourists (David Davies/PA)

Norway
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Taiwan
Turks and Caicos Islands

The Bronze Age archaeological site of Knossos in Crete.
Arrivals from amber tier countries must self-isolate at home for 10 days (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Amber list:
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Armenia
Aruba
Azerbaijan
The Bahamas
Bahrain
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Bosnia and Herzegovina
British Virgin Islands
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
China

People walking in Qingdao, China
China is on the amber list (David Jones/PA)

Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands, Tokelau and Niue
Cote d’Ivoire
Curacao
Cyprus
Czech Republic (Czechia)
Denmark
Djibouti
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Estonia
Fiji
Finland
France
French Polynesia
Gabon
The Gambia
Ghana
Greece
Greenland
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Honduras
Hungary
India

Two women watch the sun set from Marine Drive in Mumbai, India
India is moving to the amber list (Anthony Devlin/PA)

Iran
Iraq
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao
Madagascar
Malaysia
Mali
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco

Camels are taken for a walk through the surf at the Moroccan coastal town of Essaouria
All African countries are either on the amber or red list (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Nauru
Netherlands
New Caledonia
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
North Macedonia
The Occupied Palestinian Territories
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Poland
Portugal (except Madeira)
Qatar
Russia
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Solomon Islands
South Korea
South Sudan
Spain
St Kitts and Nevis
St Lucia
St Maarten
St Martin and St Barthelemy
St Pierre and Miquelon
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States

British Airways planes at Heathrow Airport
The aviation industry has called for the US to be moved from the amber list to the green list (Steve Parsons/PA)

Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Wallis and Futuna
Western Sahara
Yemen

People arrive at the Renaissance London Heathrow Hotel, near Heathrow Airport
An 11-night stay in a quarantine hotel is mandatory for people returning from red-list countries (Yui Mok/PA)

Red list:
Afghanistan
Angola
Argentina
Bangladesh
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Burundi
Cape Verde
Chile
Colombia
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
French Guiana
Georgia
Guyana
Haiti
Indonesia
Kenya
Lesotho
Malawi
Maldives
Mayotte
Mexico

Painted houses in Campeche, Mexico
Mexico is being added to the red list (Anthony Devlin/PA)

Mongolia
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Reunion
Rwanda
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Tanzania
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey

A hotel in Antalya, Turkey
Turkey is usually a popular destination for UK holidaymakers, but it is on the red list (Peter Woodman/PA)

Uganda
Uruguay
Venezuela
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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