Hello and thanks for joining me. It's Thursday the 27th of May and here's the latest on travel and destinations from the Green List, brought to you by the travel desk of the Independent.

Today, France is putting the UK on its version of the Amber List. When will the revised Green List be announced and which islands might make the cut?

And more on the railways. The transport secretary has just assured me that he has absolutely

no doubt passenger numbers will return. Of course, this podcast is completely free, as is my weekly travel email. You can sign up

at independent.com.uk. So let's start in France. And as from Monday, the 31st of May,

that's the bank holiday in the UK, of course, you are going to have to self-isolate for a week after a rival.

This is in response to concerns over the Indian variant of coronavirus and it follows similar moves from Germany and from Austria.

There's also tighter regulations on testing.

You currently have to get a PCR test within 72 hours of arrival.

That is going to be shortened to 36 hours before arrival.

That's quite challenging because, of course, there is the problem that PCR tests typically will take good 24, maybe 48 hours to be processed.

And so the alternative is to present an additional negative antigen test no older than 24 hours.

No hotel quarantine involved, unless you particularly want to, but you must be aware that

self-isolation is very closely supervised by the police. Anyone who's not at their registered location

means you'll get a fine of a thousand euros at least. That's £870. The move has caused utter dismay in the travel industry

because of course businesses were hoping, as travellers were, that the rules would be eased as the

summer season approaches and Brittany Ferries has blamed the failure of the UK to put India on the red list immediately

following the emergence of this terrible and urgent health crisis unfolding in India.

Now, that, of course, has strong implications, particularly for people who were thinking,

well, let's head over

there in June. I do not expect it to last very long. I think once numbers start coming down

in France, things should ease, but it is undoubtedly a setback. Trying to look more positively, of course people are wondering when's the updated green list

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