Petition · past parliament · Department for Transport, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Review travel advice and travel corridor list for African countries
Closed
6,348 signatures
What the petition asks
The Government should review its travel corridor list and advice for travel to African countries, in line with the same metrics used for the rest of the world. If metrics of cases per 100k and testing levels were used, this could enable travel to Eastern and Southern Africa, to start with.
1. Humanitarian: The African continent relies heavily on international travel for £130bn income and 25m jobs. Each African travel job typically supports 8-10 dependents, helping to support up to 250m people across Africa.
2. Wildlife: More eyes on the ground in Africa should reduce poaching or rhino, elephant and pangolin and subsistence killing of animals for bush meat.
3. UK Jobs: Protect UK jobs across tour operators, travel agents, tourist boards, airlines, marketing and PR companies.
2. Wildlife: More eyes on the ground in Africa should reduce poaching or rhino, elephant and pangolin and subsistence killing of animals for bush meat.
3. UK Jobs: Protect UK jobs across tour operators, travel agents, tourist boards, airlines, marketing and PR companies.
Timeline
| 7 Oct 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 7 Apr 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
6,348
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Transport, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Opened
7 Oct 2020
Closed
7 Apr 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.