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Hundreds of thousands of UK tourists could be stranded overseas for weeks as airlines ground planes and countries close borders due to the coronavirus.

Holidaymakers in destinations such as Peru and Morocco are facing immense difficulty and cost to return home.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said it was "very difficult" for people to get out of those countries.

He told the Commons' Foreign Affairs Committee: "The challenge there is to make sure, first of all, the governments of those countries keep a route so British nationals can get out."

Many airlines have started grounding the majority of their aircraft

Mr Raab said there were between 300,000 and "closer to a million" British nationals travelling abroad.

"That is a massive, massive scale," he admitted.

Many airlines have started grounding the majority of their aircraft due to demand collapsing.

Peru has implemented a state of emergency, with a travel ban and curfew, leading to UK nationals expressing fear they will be unable to leave.

Kasey Butler, from Oxford, wrote a message on Twitter stating that she was "stranded" in the capital Lima.

She said the British embassy was closed and her hostel "isn't letting us leave our rooms".

"Peru is great but I'm ready to leave," she added.

The embassy posted a message stating that Colombian airline Avianca was considering operating a charter flight from Lima to London this weekend, but warned that tickets for the one-way trip were "likely" to cost between 3,000 and 3,500 US dollars (£2,600 to £3,000).

Tourists in Morocco face a race against time to get home as the country is closing its airspace after Thursday.

UK holidaymakers face being stranded for weeks due to coronavirus shutdowns