Have a staycation in 'superlative' UK, Johnson says

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits headquarters of the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust in London

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson advised people to stay at home this summer for a staycation in the "superlative" United Kingdom rather than travelling abroad to foreign shores.

"I think this is a great great year for people to have a staycation - this country is uniquely blessed with fantastic places for holidays," Johnson told reporters. "I am certainly going to be doing that."

"Obviously if people feel the need for a foreign holiday then that is completely a matter for them and I totally understand it, but there are fantastic, fantastic places - peerless, wonderful, superlative places in the UK to go on holiday. That is certainly what I will be doing."

(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; editing by William James)