HOLIDAYMAKERS may be able to avoid having to quarantine after returning from their trip to a country on the amber list - if they have been fully vaccinated.

Government officials are reportedly looking at proposals that could allow Britons who have had both Covid-19 vaccine doses to avoid having to quarantine.

Currently travel to amber list countries is advised against and people returning from these countries have to quarantine at home for ten days, but can cut this isolation in half if they take additional tests.

However, if a person tested positive upon returning to the UK they would then have to quarantine anyway.

A Government spokeswoman confirmed that work has begun to “consider the role of vaccinations” for inbound travel following the continued success of the jab’s rollout.

This could mean the return of holidays to popular summer hotspots such as Spain, Portugal, France and Italy, which are all currently on the UK’s amber list.

As is stands, the majority of the country should have been offered their second jab already or by the beginning of August - meaning summer holidays could be back on the cards for millions.

Almost 58 per cent of adults have already been fully vaccinated, with that figure going up thousands every day, and the vaccine programme is now open to all adults except 18-20 year olds.

A Government spokeswoman said: “As set out in the Global Travel Taskforce, we are working with industry for a safe return to international travel, guided by one overwhelming priority, public health.

“Decisions on our traffic light system are kept under constant review, and based on a range of health factors.

“Recognising the strong strategic rationale and success of the vaccine programme, we have commenced work to consider the role of vaccinations in shaping a different set of health and testing measures for inbound travel.”

Demand for air travel collapsed in March of last year when the UK went into lockdown in response to the crisis, with the Government now under pressure to restart international travel by the battered tourism industry.

The Government's traffic light system has proved controversial in the travel industry, and the recent decision to move Portugal to the amber list with very little notice and seemingly for no reason prompted fury and frustration among travel firms and holidaymakers alike.