What U.K. Travelers Can and Can’t Do in France After Travel Ban

  • Skiing trips and other vacations in France are halted
  • EU citizens can still transit through France to go home

Members of the civil protection ambulance service check the vaccination status and details of arriving passengers at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, France.

Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg
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The ban on leisure and business travel announced by France this week is forcing the cancellation of vacations U.K.-based travelers may have planned for the year-end holidays. Below are answers to some of the most common questions linked to the restrictions.

France reinstated a system used earlier in the pandemic that requires visitors to have a “compelling” reason to enter the country. Long-planned vacations or business meetings generally don’t meet that standard, although there are exceptions. France also put in place restrictions on travelers heading to the U.K.