The Minister Delegate in charge of Tourism, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, announced this measure which will allow the British in particular to come and ski in France.
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Relaxed rules for travelers from UK. People vaccinated against Covid-19 will be authorized from Friday to cross the Channel without having to justify an overriding reason, announced Thursday, January 13, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, the French Minister responsible for Tourism. “For vaccinated people, we also end the 48 hour isolation period”, he declared on TV5 Monde. “We will again be able to travel from the United Kingdom for leisure reasons”, for example for “to go skiing” in French stations.
“The strain is greater on unvaccinated people who have compelling reasons and cannot come for leisure reasons. The vaccine makes the difference.”
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Minister for Tourismon TV5 Monde
“All travelers, vaccinated or not, must initially present a negative test (PCR or antigen test) of less than 24 hours”, said in the wake of the Prime Minister’s office in a press release. “The government has chosen to ease the specific health control measures at the borders which were decided on last December for vaccinated travelers from the United Kingdom.”
“The British clientele is 15% of the clientele of French ski resorts”, added Lemoyne, while for two years the State has supported tourism stakeholders to the tune of 38 billion euros, victims of the economic consequences of the health crisis. “Before the crisis, there were 90 million international tourists per year in France. Today, it is rather 45 million”, again recalled the Minister Delegate.