Scots holidaymakers are being urged not to jet off to amber list countries, including Spain.
UK business minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan said scientists still think there is " too great a risk " in travelling to amber list countries for non-urgent reasons such as holidays.
Spain officially lifted restrictions from travellers from the UK today which means those entering will no longer need to take a Covid-19 test.
People returning from Scotland 's favourite holiday hotspot will still have to quarantine on returning under UK rules.
Speaking on Times Radio, Trevelyan said: "The reality is, at the moment, amber countries are still not meeting the criteria for our scientists to say that they should be green.
"So the recommendation remains don't go unless you have to, and remember that, if you do go, you will have to quarantine for 10 days and that will be monitored.
"The reason we ask people still not to go is because there is still too great a risk as far as our scientists are concerned."
Trevelyan said Boris Johnson "has been clear" that people should not travel to amber countries unless there is a pressing reason, such as an urgent family need.
She added that it is hoped "the amber numbers will become more green in due course" but "at the moment, today, that means amber countries really aren't safe to go to".
It came as Deputy First Minister John Swinney refused to rule out cancelling international travel if a new strain of the virus hit Scotland over the next month.
From today people in Scotland, apart from those living in Glasgow, can fly to green countries including Portugal and not have to quarantine on return.
Asked if a new variant emerged in the next month would mean the closure of international travel, Swinney responded: "It depends on the research and the clinical advice that we receive.
"What we are looking at very carefully in relation to the variants of concern is the effect they have, the degree of transmissibility within our society, the degree to with they essentially recirculate the virus.
"We have seen higher transmissibility in the more recent variants of concern, in the Kent variant and in the B1617.2, the so-called Indian variant, so we have to monitor that carefully.
"The encouraging news from the Public Health England study is that the vaccination that we have are very robust or just about as robust as they are in relation to previous variants in providing the necessary protection for members of the public."
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