France to lift ban on UK tourists from Friday, says tourism minister
by Jon Henley in Paris and Jamie Grierson from World news | The Guardian on (#5TZ5C)
Requirement to isolate on arrival will also be scrapped but travellers will need evidence of negative Covid test
France will lift its ban on UK holidaymakers from Friday morning, the tourism minister has announced, dropping a requirement for all travellers from the UK to show evidence of a compelling reason" for their journey.
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne said on Thursday that people arriving from Britain would also no longer need to self-isolate on arrival in France, but proof of a negative Covid-19 test taken no more than 24 hours before departure would still be demanded.
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