
France ends UK travel ban
CNN
The France ban on UK travelers will end 14 January. Visitors from the UK will be able to enter France for tourism and other nonessential reasons.
(CNN) — As infection rates soar across Europe, France has relaxed its travel ban on arrivals from the UK -- just in time for the peak ski season.
France banned all but essential travel from the UK on December 20, when the Omicron variant was spiraling in the UK but had not yet taken hold on the continent.
But with the variant now dominant across Europe, tourism minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne announced in a tweet on 13 January that the "compelling reason for travel" requirement will be removed from 14 January.

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