Your summer holiday could be to Iceland as Brits welcomed back by June 15 – and you can skip 14-day quarantine

YOUR summer holiday this year could be to Iceland, as the country welcomes back tourists from June 15.

Even better – you can skip the 14-day quarantine when landing.

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The tiny island is letting travellers take a same-day coronavirus test upon arrival at Keflavík Airport.

Working with the National University Hospital of Iceland, passengers who test negative can then enter the country straight away.

Of course, if you test positive, you will then need to self-quarantine for 14 day in Iceland.

Bjarnheiður Hallsdóttir, chair of the Icelandic Travel Industry Association (SAF), told the Reykjavik Grapevine. "I believe that if everything goes well, we should see some tourists here this summer. For those who want to come, this will be a very real possibility."

Similar measures are being conducted in Austria, which will let travellers pay for fast coronavirus test results after landing to be able to enter the country without quarantining, while other countries such as Bulgaria and Spain are enforcing the two week quarantine on all incoming travellers.

Of course, there is one catch – Brits will need to self-isolate for two weeks back in the UK due to new guidelines issued by the government.

However, with many Brits now working from home, anyone who needs to quarantine can do it at their own house.

Iceland has reported just 15 cases of coronavirus, after conducting mass testing.

Yet welcoming tourists back comes with other problems – which is a lack of flights.

WOW Air, the Icelandic carrier connecting the UK and Iceland, went bust last year, while Norwegian Air has grounded flights until next year.

EasyJet is yet to announce when flights will resume and British Airways are expected to restart flights by July, although this could be pushed back due to the new quarantine rules.

Icelandair is the most likely to launch routes from London Heathrow to Iceland in the upcoming weeks, but with the airline facing financial troubles after grounding 95 per cent of flights, this may be difficult for the flag carrier.

The UK Foreign Office also advises against all non-essential travel abroad, but this may change in the upcoming months.

Hopes for summer holidays have been restored after EU officials said they could happen in Europe this year.

While it depends on each country, as well as when and who they want to open their borders to, Brits may be able to go on holiday abroad this year after all.

This is despite Foreign Secretary Matt Hancock saying summer holidays would "be cancelled" this year due to coronavirus.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps later added: "If you are booking it then you are clearly, by the very nature, taking a chance on where the direction of this virus goes and therefore where the travel advice is in the future."

Nervous Brits are instead opting for a staycation this year – we've rounded up the best caravan parks to stay at when they reopen.

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