Croatia, British tourists regret quarantine move

Croatia's State Secretary at the Ministry of Tourism has appealed to the UK government to overturn the 14-day quarantine that has been imposed on travellers arriving into Britain from the country.

The British government made the announcement after a spike in cases in Croatia - stating that from 4am on Saturday holidaymakers would have to self-isolate.

Speaking to British channel Sky News Frano Matusic said the government should replace the policy with reliable testing instead.

He added that the decision "wasn't fair."

Following the removal of the country from the government's COVID-19 list of safe countries, UK holidaymakers who were already abroad complained of the short notice they were given.

"If they'd published the criteria we could have kept on it ourselves a bit more," said one holidaymaker arriving into London's Gatwick Airport on Saturday.

As of Saturday Croatia reported 7,594 cases of the virus and 169 deaths, according to John Hopkins University.