'It's unfair': British tourists fume as Portugal removed from safe travel list

LISBON - Tired of mixed messages, British sunseekers in Portugal reacted with fury and disbelief to their government's decision to reimpose a quarantine regime for travellers coming from the popular southern European destination.

Desperate to shake off pandemic blues, John Joyce, from Newcastle, and his family decided to book a holiday in sunny Portugal as soon as Britain added it to the so-called green list of foreign destinations around three weeks ago. "Everybody needed a little break... a change from being stuck at home," the 44-year-old said as he enjoyed at a restaurant in the heart of Lisbon.