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All other UK travellers, excluding children under 12, will need to present a Covid certificate showing proof of being fully vaccinated at least 14 days before arrival in Spain.

If more than 270 days have passed since vaccination, proof of a booster jab is also required.

Prior to travelling, air passengers have to show a QR code, which they get by filling in a Spanish health control form.

The announcement comes after many UK families cancelled half-term trips to mainland Spain and the Canary Islands due to the jab restrictions.

Hoteliers in the islands said the restrictions had lost them millions of pounds' worth of trade.

However, hundreds of thousands of people are embarking on half-term winter sun and ski trips, according to industry body Abta.

Unvaccinated British teenagers will be allowed into Spain from Monday with a negative PCR test, Spanish tourism minister Fernando Valdés has told the BBC.

At the moment everyone over 12 has to be double-jabbed to enter the country.

Some families had already cancelled half term holidays to Spain and the Canary Islands because their children had not yet had their second jab.

People aged 18 and over must still be vaccinated to get into the country.

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Mr Valdés said that 12-to-17 year-olds who have not been vaccinated against Covid will be allowed into the country from Monday 14 February, if they present a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours of arrival to Spain.

The restrictions will be lifted from 23:00 GMT on 13 February.

"Great Britain is our main market," said Mr Valdés. "We've been always very keen in easing the restrictions between both countries."

"Nearly two years into the pandemic, it's now clear that we are undergoing the biggest change to travel since the advent of commercial flying," the company said in a letter to shareholders.

"Remote work has untethered many people from the need to be in an office every day. As a result, people are spreading out."

Domestic and shorter distance stays remain more popular than international travel, but the San Francisco-based company said there are increasing signs that the virus has become less of a consideration for travellers.

For example, the platform had fewer cancellations during the wave of Omicron infections than during previous surges. And reservations for this summer at the end of January were up 25% compared to 2019.

Revenue in the three months to 1 January rose 75% year-on-year to $1.5bn, propelled in part by higher rates, which jumped 20% compared to last year.

Airbnb said it expected revenue of $1.4bn to $1.48bn in the first three months of 2022 which is higher than analysts had forecast.

For 2021 overall, Airbnb reported $6bn in revenue, while losses narrowed to $352m.

"Overall, 2021 has proven to be an incredible year demonstrating the resiliency of the business," it said.

Shares jumped 4% in after-hours trade, after rising 6% earlier in the day,

Online accommodation booking platform Airbnb says travellers are starting to return to cities, after staying away since the start of the pandemic.

Globally, the number of nights booked in cities in the last three months of last year nearly matched 2019 levels, the lodging website said.

In the US, urban bookings have fully rebounded, it said.

The booking company reported a record $55m (£40.6m) profit for the fourth quarter.

Cities were important destinations for Airbnb's business, but during the pandemic non-urban areas have proven more popular, as people focus on outdoor activities free of crowds.

Bookings in urban areas are starting to grow, however, accounting for 49% of nights reserved in the three months to 1 January, the company said.

Low-volume roads also present "an opportunity to use recycled and waste materials for construction, which would otherwise be destined for landfills; these are typically associated with lower emissions."

Alternative materials are particularly important given the shortage of sand, which is commonly used in road construction.

"The use of waste and recycled material will likely present a cheaper locally available alternative material to modify bitumen to resist the distresses associated with… higher temperatures," says Georges Mturi, a senior research scientist at South Africa's CSIR.

The cost of doing nothing will be steep. If steps to combat rising temperatures and increased rainfall are not taken, then the bill for repairing and maintaining roads across Africa could reach $183bn by 2100, according to University of Colorado research.

Ms Evans believes that while there is widespread international interest in alternative technologies for roads, the difference between countries is in the level of funding available to invest in the technologies.

One way to keep costs in check would be "looking at targeted sections of vulnerable roads" rather than immediately seeking to upgrade an entire road network, she says. This might include increased preventative maintenance in certain areas - which would be cheaper than after-the-fact repairs.

Expensive, high-tech materials and processes are not always warranted. Roads with little traffic can be constructed out of low-emission materials like soil, and laid by human workers rather than heavily polluting machinery, Ms Mokoena says.

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