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Wales travel ban: Extra advice for Welsh tourism and hospitality businesses

Welsh Government First Minister Mark Drakeford last week announced a travel ban to Wales for people from hotspots.

Those who live in areas with high coronavirus rates in other parts of the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ are now banned from travelling into Wales(Image: Daily Post Wales)

Welsh Government First Minister Mark Drakeford last week announced a travel ban to Wales for people from hotspots.

It is for of cases in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The legislation came into force at 6pm on Friday.

Welsh Government has now issued some additional advice for businesses.

Key questions

Which areas in the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ are affected by these new restrictions?

  • all of Northern Ireland
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It is also a requirement that people living in parts of Wales outside of the local restrictions areas must not enter any of the areas listed above unless they have a reasonable excuse to do so.

What reasonable measures should tourism or hospitality businesses take to ensure compliance with the new travel restrictions?

Welsh Government said: "As a business you should take all reasonable measures to ensure that you and your customers are complying with the new travel restrictions rules.

"You should not knowingly accept customers who have travelled to your premises from an area where travel is not permitted.

"You should ask the customer at the point of booking where they are travelling from and communicate to all customers with existing bookings from 6pm on Friday 16 October, reminding them to check whether they reside within a º£½ÇÊÓÆµ high incidence area and giving them a chance to cancel or postpone their bookings if required."