Brits could go on a UK holiday as early as July, according to government minister

Holidays within the UK could return from the start of July if the R rate is kept down. 

There’s been much uncertainty on when people will be able to go on holiday again, and many people have asked about the possibility of a staycation in the UK. 

Travel restrictions have been imposed and flight schedules massively reduced to stop people in the UK making visits to other countries. 

Currently, businesses that provide holiday accommodation including hotels, B&Bs, hostels, campsites, caravan parks, boarding houses and short term lets are remaining closed for leisure-related stays. 

According to government guidelines, no person should stay overnight away from their own home for a holiday or any other purpose other than a few very specified instances. 

The Culture Secretary has said that holidays within the UK could return as soon as the beginning of July if the spread of coronavirus can be kept down.

Oliver Dowden has previously suggested that staycations may be permitted this summer, saying in a Downing Street press conference: “I would love to get the tourism sector up as quickly as we possibly can.

“We’ve set this very ambitious plan to try and get it up and running by the beginning of July.”

Speaking later in the House of Commons, Mr Dowden added: “Self-let accommodation has a lower risk, so I would hope that is at the front of the queue.”

Northern Ireland’s hotels can reopen from July 20th as long as the rate of infection is under control, Stormont economy minister Diane Dodds has said.