Wales’ tourism sector will be able to start re-opening from Saturday March 27 as the stay-local rule is lifted, First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced.
The rules will also be changed to enable organised outdoor activities and sports for children and under-18s to take place and up to six people from two different households to meet and exercise outdoors.
Mr Drakeford has also indicated when visitors from England and other parts of the 海角视频 could visit Wales.
He said the interim all-Wales travel rule could be lifted on April 12 subject to the public health situation.
Welsh Government said the relaxations continue the planned, step-by-step approach to easing the coronavirus restrictions, taking account of the highly-infectious Kent variant, which is now the dominant form of the virus in Wales.
From tomorrow, self-contained holiday accommodation, including hotels with en-suite facilities and room service, will be able to reopen to people from the same household or support bubble.
The stay local rule will be replaced by an interim all-Wales travel area, which will remain in place until April 12, subject to the public health situation.
For the next two weeks, only those with a reasonable excuse, such as work, will be able to travel into or out of Wales.
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The current restrictions on international travel for holidays will remain in place.
Wales is moving out of alert level four, and now starting to move into level three.
Welsh Ministers will consider further alert level three measures in the next review of the regulations.
Other changes include:
- Six people from two different households, excluding children under 11, will be able to meet and exercise outdoors and in private gardens;
- Organised outdoor activities and sports for children and under 18s will be able to resume;
- There will be a limited opening of outdoor areas of some historic places and gardens;
- Libraries and archives will be able to re-open.
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The next review of the regulations will take place next week. Welsh Ministers will consider the following relaxations, which will come into effect from April 12, subject to the public health situation:
- All pupils and students can return to schools, colleges and other education;
- All shops and close contact services can open;
- The interim all-Wales travel area can be lifted.
The following areas will be considered as part of the 22 April review, if the public health situation continues to remain positive and vaccination rates continue to increase:
- Gyms, leisure and fitness facilities;
- Outdoor attractions;
- Outdoor hospitality;
- Weddings;
- Community centres;
- Organised activities (30 outdoors, 15 indoors);
- Extended households.
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First Minister Mark Drakeford said: “These further relaxations are part of our careful and phased approach to unlocking the restrictions and enabling people and businesses to resume their activities in the safest possible way.
“We’re only able to do this because of the sacrifices everyone across Wales has made over the last few months – everything you are doing to keep your loved ones safe is also keeping Wales safe.
“The public health position remains stable; our incredible vaccination programme goes from strength to strength – we have headroom to make these changes.”
He added: “We are taking a step-by step approach to relaxing restrictions and want to carry on being able to open up Wales."