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Restrictions will be imposed in four different areas of the council in North Wales.
Planned travel restrictions for North Wales are disproportionate, say Conservative MPs in the region and members of Senedd.
They have urged Welsh ministers to reconsider closures in four areas of the council, which will take effect at 18:00 on Thursday.
A member of parliament, James Davies of Vale of Clwyd, said the changes made no sense and called for more specific action.
The Welsh government said local restrictions will remain under review.
Under the restrictions, people will not be able to leave or enter Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham without a “reasonable excuse”.
That may include work, if you cannot work from home, and education, but not tourism.
The restrictions are the same as in most of South Wales.
Earlier, the Flintshire council leader said that people ignoring coronavirus rules by socializing in people’s homes is the reason behind the increase in cases seen there.
A letter from Prime Minister Mark Drakeford to Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the travel restrictions were “primarily intended to limit the spread of the virus.”
He urged that similar travel restrictions be introduced in England, as a “significant step in reducing the risk we collectively face.”
A joint statement by all North Wales Conservative MPs and members of the Senedd (MS) accused the Welsh government of imposing “disproportionate” travel restrictions, with “limited evidence” that travel or tourism is driving infection rates. elevated.
“For this reason, generally no travel restrictions have been introduced for local closures in England,” they said.
“We strongly urge that the scope of the restrictions be reconsidered, taking into account the devastating impact of the travel restrictions on the well-being and livelihoods of the local population, and a commitment to review the measures regularly.”
James Davies said he received “a lot of negativity” about the restrictions
Conservative Vale of Clwyd MP James Davies said since Tuesday’s announcement that he had “an enormous amount of negativity through people who are not convinced, and I think it’s very important that the government of Wales and the government of the Kingdom Kingdom can provide the data and demonstrate that the measurements are proportionate. ” .
He called on the Welsh government to release data that is “location-based rather than potentially blocking entire counties in a way that doesn’t make sense.”
Case levels in Denbighshire had “fallen slightly in the last week,” he said: “Introducing restrictions that limit travel in particular with all the implications for business is a huge blow.”
Clwyd West Conservative MP David Jones said he had heard of those tourism businesses that were operating “looking forward to the semester and welcoming guests who now won’t be able to.”
He said the restrictions had been imposed “without any debate at all” in the Senedd.
“Now is the time for politicians in both Cardiff and Westminster to debate these restrictions before imposing them,” he said.
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‘Apparently illogical’
On the same day, Dwyfor Meirionnydd Plaid Cymru MP Liz Saville Roberts urged Boris Johnson to end “pleasure trips from local lockdown areas.”
Speaking in Prime Minister Questions, he said that those in local lockdown areas in England could travel to Wales, but those in Wales under similar restrictions could not travel outside their area without good reason.
The prime minister said there would be some “apparent lack of logic” in the different measures, but “that is inevitable to tackle a pandemic.”
He added: “On the whole the UK is proceeding with the same approach and I am very grateful to Mark Drakeford and everyone else in the Welsh government for the way we are working together to defeat the virus.”
In response to the conservative statement, a spokeswoman for the Welsh government said: “Quick preventive measures have been taken due to the rapid increase in new cases in North Wales.”
“Local restrictions will be reviewed periodically.
“We all have a role to play in reducing the spread of the virus and it is important that we follow all the guidelines.”
