Major UK tour operator TUI has announced the cancellation of holidays to destinations including Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Spain and other popular summer destinations, affecting thousands of Britons.

This comes following the announcement by the UK government of the delay in loosening COVID-19 travel restrictions for another 4 weeks because of concerns about the faster-spreading Delta variant.

Here is the full list of TUI's destinations affected by the cancellations:

To 29 June: Zante

To 30 June: Florida

To 4 July: Aruba, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece (Crete, Kavala, Kefalonia Mykonos, Preveza, Samos, Santorini, Skiathos, Thessaloniki), Italy, Jamaica, Malta, Spain (Mainland Spain, Formentera, Mallorca, Ibiza, Menorca, La Palma, All TUI)

To 11 July: Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Mexico, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey

TUI has also canceled all of its trips that include flights with other carriers to Indonesia, the Maldives, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand and the UAE.

TUI says it will continue operating trips to the following destinations as long as they remain ion the UK AMBER List:: Antigua, Barbados, Corfu, Crete, Cuba, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Grenada, Lanzarote, Kos, Madeira, Porto Santo, Portugal, Rhodes, St Lucia, Tenerife.

A TUI spokesperson said in a statement:

“All customers impacted by these cancellations will be contacted directly and will be able to request a full cash refund, or to change to a later date or alternative holiday and receive a booking incentive. If we need to cancel any future holidays because of updated government guidance, we will be in touch directly and aim to give customers at least seven days’ notice."