'We knew there was a risk going on holiday knowing that it could go wrong' Tourists arriving back from Portugal share their views
Once Portugal is placed on the amber list from 04:00 BST, holidaymakers are advised not to visit and returnees must isolate for 10 days.image captionPhilip Townsend, a retired GP from Leeds, had been out in the Algarve checking on his second home with his wife Maria."I don't think there's been enough notice," he said."The cases in Portugal are probably at a lower level than the UK, hospitalisations and deaths are very low - where we were in the Algarve is very, very safe.
"Our flight was empty until a couple of days ago, but then it filled up last night," the 46-year-old said.Some British holidaymakers scrambled to return to the country after Portugal was moved from the green to the amber list Mark Wilson-Dunn, from Barton-under-Needwood in Staffordshire, was more philosophical about the difficulties faced by returning tourists.
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