[ad_1]
Tourists had been waiting for the news of the quarantine all day and when it arrived there were cheers on the beach in the town of Almancil in the Algarve.
That’s because almost all the vacationers on the loungers had traveled to Portugal from England and now knew that I wouldn’t have to face self-isolation when they got home.
People told us that the news from Westminster had made their day and that they would be celebrating.
One man told us that he had considered paying £ 1,000 this week for a flight out in case tourists returning to England had to self-quarantine.
You are very, very glad you didn’t get your credit card out now.
But not everything was cause for joy.
An English tourist told Sky News he was considering paying £ 1,000 to fly home
Travelers returning to Wales and Scotland will have to self-quarantine, but even among those in England who might think they had no cause for complaint, there were people with real complaints.
And that’s because the expectation for days was that England would also impose the quarantine.
And that led people who simply had to avoid it to cut vacations short, spend a fortune on flights, and break up families.
A man told us that he was in Portugal for a family reunion.
He got ahead of his wife and children, but they canceled their flights because they were convinced that they would have to self-quarantine on the way back and the children had to go back to school.
Members of the larger family made it to Portugal but became nervous and spent hundreds of pounds exchanging their tickets to escape before any quarantine announcement.
Turns out they didn’t need to alter their plans at all.
Portugal has been kept off the quarantine list for England
We met a talented 15 year old tennis player who was in Portugal for a tournament.
She was worried about isolating herself when she returned to England because it would interfere with her training.
Were you satisfied with the news that it would not happen? Yes.
But it turns out that his father and three brothers had flown by paying extra for tickets, reducing precious family time.
The days of uncertainty that preceded the announcement had created nervousness and a degree of panic, and led some people to feel that they could not risk being confined to England for two weeks.
You can only imagine how those who were part of that great escape feel now.
