U.K. Virus Travel Curbs Infuriate South Africa Tourism Industry
- Red List inclusion based on outdated science, Satsa says
- U.K. travelers have to quarantine after visiting South Africa
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South Africa’s main inbound tourism industry body is lobbying U.K. politicians to remove the country from its so-called coronavirus travel Red List, which it says is incompatible with scientific evidence and is wrecking relations between the nations.
The curbs were based on the discovery of the beta variant in the country even though the incidence of that mutation in South Africa is now minimal, Satsa, which represents 1,350 businesses, said in a presentation dated Aug. 10.