Croatia should let in British travellers without quarantine restrictions, the mayor of Dubrovnik has said.

Mato Franković proposed that tourists from the UK who are fully vaccinated, can show proof of a prior infection and recovery from Covid-19, or present a negative PCR test, should be able to enter the country without current self-isolation requirements.

Dubrovnik’s reliance on tourism, and in particular British visitors, has led Mr Franković to call for restrictions to be loosened from 1 May, reports Total Croatia News.

His proposal stated: “The UK market is the most important tourist market in the city of Dubrovnik, and since the UK left the European Union, its guests are considered guests from third countries, and the quarantine obligation is in force upon arrival at the destination.

“Given that such a measure could seriously jeopardise the season, this proposal was made, following the examples of Cyprus and Portugal that have concluded such agreements.”

After Croatia was removed from the UK’s travel corridor list last summer, Dubrovnik reported that overnight stays from 2020 were just 20 per cent of what they had been the previous year.

Several countries have already stated that they would like to welcome back UK travellers who have received both doses of the Covid vaccine.

Cyprus announced that it would lift quarantine measures and testing requirements for vaccinated Brits from 1 May, while Greece has also stated it would like to “dovetail” the easing of the rules with the UK government’s roadmap, which would see international leisure travel from England allowed to restart from 17 May at the earliest.

Spain has also been very vocal in its calls for tourism to reopen in time for summer, and the Portuguese island of Madeira has already opened up a “green corridor” for vaccinated travellers or those who can prove they have recovered from the virus in the previous 90 days.

The Seychelles has gone one step further: it’s already allowing inoculated visitors to forgo quarantine and, from 25 March, unvaccinated holidaymakers will be able to do the same, provided they have a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours of travel.