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France reopens borders to British travellers - but non-essential travel ban remains in UK
direct to your inboxFrance has eased its border restrictions for UK travellers - but Brits hoping for a holiday will need to wait until the current lockdown rules are eased.The French government announced that from Friday the UK is one of seven countries outside the EU that people can travel from and to without justifying their journey.Tourism minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne said holidaymakers will still need to present evidence of a negative coronavirus test taken within the previous 72 hours at the border.However, foreign holidays for people living in the UK are currently banned - so non-essential trips to France will have to wait for now.Boris Johnson’s road map for easing restrictions in England states that overseas leisure travel could
