Starting in 2025, British tourists will face new rules when visiting Europe, including the UK post-Brexit. This major U-turn has had a significant impact on many areas, including tourism. France’s tourism industry faced down terror, Brexit, and Covid, with France recording 90 million visitors in 2019. The Brexit transition period ended on January 1, 2021, re-establishing borders between the UK and France. In July, French border control blamed long queues for ferry channel crossing on Brexit passport check requirements. A strict ban on non-essential travel from the UK has put paid to French tourism bosses’ hopes of welcoming British tourists back to l’Hexagone.
The free movement of people, goods, and services between the UK and the EU will end on January 1, resulting in significant differences in how people travel. Passengers arriving at UK ports from France have more than halved after Brexit, decreasing the number of Europeans travelling to France while France suffers a decrease in the number of British tourists. Industry leaders fear new entry restrictions and the UK’s tarnished image among some Europeans have caused a decline in EU visitors.
The effects of Brexit are still unknown, but there may still be changes to tourism to and from Europe, from visa policies to funding and health insurance. Exchange rates have an impact on tourism, and effective ways to work with international investors in travel and tourism are needed. New rules require travellers to complete an online application, provide personal details, answer security questions, and pay a €7 fee.
📹 Travel to France: What Changed Since Brexit
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How has tourism impacted France?
France’s tourism sector has seen a significant increase in international arrivals in the first half of this year, contributing €220 billion to the national economy and supporting 2. 7 million livelihoods. The WTTC President and CEO, Julie Simpson, praised France’s commitment to travel and tourism, stating that President Macron’s support has ensured France remains the world’s most popular destination, despite the sector’s impact on the economy, jobs, and global standing.
How will Brexit affect the hospitality industry?
Brexit is significantly impacting the hotel industry, particularly in terms of employment. The sector relies heavily on EU workers for both low- and high-skilled positions, and as Brexit closes off this source of labour, hotels may have to increase wages to attract workers from other countries. This could lead to higher prices for guests and a decline in service levels as hotels struggle to staff and manage their properties. Additionally, Brexit has made it harder to attract workers from countries outside the UK, and the uncertainty has forced many individuals to leave the industry.
This has led to a staff shortage, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The final outcome of Brexit is still uncertain, but predictions about its impact on the hotel industry in the coming years are still being made.
How has Brexit affected travel to France?
UK travelers can travel to France without a visa for stays of less than 90 days, as the European freedom of movement ended on 1 January 2021. British citizens need at least six months on their passport and must have been issued within the last 10 years. No new European health insurance cards (Ehics) will be issued to UK citizens, but they can continue using theirs in France while validity lasts. ABTA recommends taking out a comprehensive travel policy before any trip. If driving, a green card (insurance certificate) and GB sticker are required.
How has Brexit affected tourism?
The 2016 EU referendum in the UK has significantly impacted the travel and tourism industries, with 51. 9 percent of the population voting in favor of leaving the EU. The implications of Brexit on freedom of movement between the UK and EU nations have raised concerns for the industry and holidaymakers who have previously benefited from the membership. UK travelers expect more expensive air travel, visa requirements, longer passport queues, and reduced health benefits.
Europeans have also expressed concerns, with over a third worried about travel insurance costs and fewer connections between their countries and Britain. Around 54. 7 million UK travelers made trips to the EU in 2017, with concerns about exchange rates, healthcare accessibility, and longer waiting times due to new border controls. However, some holiday travelers have responded positively, with 37% of respondents claiming cheaper destinations to travel to, 14% opting to holiday within the UK, and 12. 1 percent abandoning or postponing their plans. UK businesses have also been concerned about migrant workers of EU nationality, as freedom of movement has granted them access to a wider labor market.
Can Brits stay in France after Brexit?
The UK Government and its right-wing press have been largely silent on the implications of Brexit, particularly when it comes to moving to other countries. They have not acknowledged that Brexit has made things more difficult, especially for younger people. Many clients, who were unaware of the visa requirements for living in France post-Brexit, were concerned about the visa application process being too difficult or complicated. This article aims to stay positive and explain in simple steps how to move to France after Brexit.
To live in France, one can apply for a residency permit (carte de sejour) or apply for French Nationality. Many clients were unaware that they now require a visa to stay in France for more than 3 months, and some were concerned that the visa application process would be too difficult or complicated. The article also addresses the concerns of younger people seeking advice on finding work in France after Brexit.
Will France drop the 90 day rule?
A French court has rejected a law allowing British second-home owners to obtain an automatic long-stay visa, deemed unconstitutional. The amendment to an immigration bill, which allowed British expats with second homes or holiday homes in France to stay for over 90 days without a visa, had already passed through the Senate but was rejected due to its unconstitutionality and lack of direct or indirect link to the immigration bill.
Why are Brits selling up in France?
French judges have rejected an amendment to a significant immigration bill that would have permitted British expatriates to reside in France for periods exceeding 90 days without a visa. The proposed legislation would have permitted the automatic issuance of long-stay visas to British nationals who own a second home in France, thereby allowing them to reside in the country for an unlimited duration.
What effects does Brexit have?
Brexit has caused a significant economic decline in the UK, with the average Briton and Londoner experiencing nearly £2, 000 and £3, 400 job losses respectively in 2023 and 2021 respectively. The report also reveals that there are nearly two million fewer jobs overall in the UK, with 300, 000 fewer jobs in London alone. The Mayor of London is urging the UK to build a closer relationship with the EU to help address this decline. The economic damage is expected to worsen, with over £300bn wiped off the UK’s economy by 2035.
What is the future of France tourism?
France is set to maintain its position as the most popular destination for foreign arrivals in 2024, with the Travel and Tourism sector predicted to boost the country’s economy by 2034, contributing around €310. 5 billion, or 9. 6% of the total economic output. The sector is also expected to be a significant driver of job creation, employing around 3. 4 million people across the country. This is due to the high number of international arrivals in France in the first half of 2024.
What happens to expats in France after Brexit?
The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union has resulted in a significant change to the immigration status of UK citizens residing in France. Previously, UK nationals were permitted to remain in France indefinitely; however, following Brexit, this right has been revoked. Currently, UK citizens are only permitted to reside in France for a maximum of 90 days per 180-day period, unless they apply for a temporary long-stay visa or permanent residency.
Failure to comply with the visa requirements may result in a prohibition and subsequent expulsion from France and the EU. This situation presents a challenge for those who had anticipated a relaxation of visa regulations.
Is it safe to travel to France right now?
France, including Paris, is generally regarded as a safe destination for tourists. However, the U. S. Department of State has issued a travel advisory, recommending increased caution due to the potential risks associated with terrorism and civil unrest. As of March 25, 2024, France’s travel advisories include a cautionary note for travelers, urging them to exercise caution.
📹 French and German tourists turn their backs on Brexit Britain
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I’m Dutch, have a passport and visited GB several times on holidays. But since brexit, news about the xenophobic, lying corrupt UK government and supporters, not planning any visit again. Also because of the sewer flooded rivers, lakes and sea I will not cross the website to GB. I’ll stay in EU for holidays and enjoy clean lakes and sea shores and most important my regular health insurance is covered!
Hi, As a German who actually lived in the UK for almost 15 years, I these days cannot be bothered to even consider the UK as a holiday destination anymore. Firstly me and the wife would need new passports which would cost around €150 in total. Doing quite some business travel in the EU the queues at airports already annoy me, so jumping into one at a British boarder for a holiday? No thanks. And the next thing really is the racist, obnoxious language and actions taken by the UK government toelwards anything foreign – especially by second generation refugees like Braverman. I would not feel welcome or safe. And why would I spend my money in support of Brexit voting areas like Devon or Cornwall who would still not know what a dual carriageway is, had they not all been built by the EU. So no, the UK is off the destination list.
A schoolteacher pal told me that the UK was now completely off-limits as a destination for Norwegian school trips abroad (it used to be second only to Germany as a preferred destination). The reason is simple – there is hardly a class in Norway that doesn’t have at least one refugee or asylum seeker’s child among them, and asking these kids’ parents to pay the prohibitive visa charge the UK now imposes and still risk being refused entry was just too much. Therefore, to avoid that child feeling bad or risk the others somehow blaming them for limiting their choices, it is deemed sensible now not even to offer the UK as a possibility to the group when these things are being planned. And anyway, why on earth would you drag the child of an asylum seeker to the UK when one of the main educational points of most school tours is to encourage the kids to appreciate humanitarian principles and social intelligence? That’s not what the Brits tend to “teach” these people these days.
For the past 28 years I worked in an internationally renowned UK research institute. My colleagues included some of the brightest and best scientists and PhD students from across Europe. The senior scientists had been settled here for years, raised families and their kids gone on to careers the country needs, such as medicine. These people made a very significant contribution to society, and the Exchequer. Success story, who could complain about that? Then came the Brexit campaign. I can tell you from first hand experience that to a man and woman they were perplexed, alarmed and shocked at being required to register and apply for settled status, not knowing if it would be granted or not. They were also saddened and offended by the anti-foreigner rabble-rousing in much of the British press which was, as one EU spokesperson put it, “beyond rude”. It completely altered how they felt about being here. Some left, and those who stayed see the UK differently. Hardly surprising. It’s the damage to Britain’s reputation and standing as a civilised, fair and principled country that will be the hardest to fix, even if with time the economic damage recovers somewhat. The uglier side of Britain and the ignorance of a very significant proportion of predominantly English society have been revealed for all to see. Worst of all, the politicians encouraged it. Words and visa’s won’t fix that, Britain needs to take a long hard look at itself.
As a French resident Brit, why would a school group want to pay for a Passport just to visit the UK when they could use their ID card and a coach to get directly to Italy, Spain, Belgium and all the rest of the EU countries, as well as trips further afield such as French overseas territories. With the additional delay of applying for the passport, the cost, and the fact it might only be used for that one school trip, it all adds to the unwelcoming feel of a UK visit.
I live in New Zealand and am going to Europe next month. For the first time I am not using London as a gateway entry point to Europe. I am flying straight to Denmark. Largely this decision is influenced by Brexit. Listening to years of Brits trash all their neighbours really has put me off spending any money there. I just don’t feel like it is a welcoming sort of place. Also I worry about all I hear of Brexit having caused hospitality staff shortages. I recently heard that iconic Highclere Castle has cut events amid staff shortages caused by Brexit (the owners said so). When I was younger, all Kiwis going to Europe went NZ > LA > London. Not so today. A friend said he too is avoiding London and flying straight to Amsterdam and then holidaying in France. You just can’t behave as the UK did over Brexit and expect people to feel fondly towards you. Words (and actions) have consequences.
We, my spouse and I, are in our sixties and have always had passports. And also national identity cards. We are baffled over the English making such a fuss about ID cards and passports. What seems to be a big issue for the British is certainly not for us, or for anyone we know. From my point of view, 2019 seems to have been the watershed. Until 2019, I was convinced that treats like shopping trips to London and whiskey tours to Scotland would remain (almost) as popular as always. Then the UK got some seriously bad press — qualitatively more than quantitatively. News of leaving Erasmus-plus, and ECHR, has put England and Wales on par with Hungary. In our circles, Britain just became uncool. The Labor Party, voting against the Withdrawal Agreement in 2019 and, before and after the attempt to send home Parliament, opening the doors to Johnson the Liar, known since 25 years as a leading anti-European propagandist, made people here writing off England and the English. As expected, the 2019 parliament kept Britain in the gutter. And Johnson hasn’t disappointed. England has clearly signalled the will to increase the distance to us and is now out of question for any kind of work-related treats. There will always be one or another workmate who would need a costly visa — or would fear rejection at the border. That’s a repellent.
I’m Romanian. I have an ID card, but not a passport. I could get a passport, I mean, it wouldn’t be a problem. It’s a bit pricey, but I can afford it. And yes, I would have liked to see certain places in the UK, especially since one of my all time favourite historical characters is English… I would even say my no. 1 favourite character. And I’m a big history fan in general. So the UK would have been an obvious destination. However, considering the attitude associated with Brexit (not Brexit per se, but the attitude behind it) and especially the attacks on Europeans (including my fellow Romanians), by UK politicians and media, I won’t be going. I mean I would really like to, but I’m not going to give money to people who hate me.
As long as the UK government is run by the toxic tories, I will not visit – nothing to do with Brexit – I just feel the current government would be strongly supported by Oswald Mosley (if he was still alive) and his ilk, and I don’t think a democratic minded person should support that kind of regime – in any way whatsoever.
Hej Maj, a german passport costs 60€ and is valid for 10 years. As it isn’t necessary within the EU/Schengen-Area and we must own an ID (Personalausweis) I only have one when having a grand vacation. Besides, there are many good destinations for travel within the EU, that I didn’t visit while the UK was still visitable (mostly) hassle-free.
Who from Europe is going to want to go on holiday to the UK especially England where you will be treated as something less than human by many of the locals,where any asylum seeker/refugee or child of asylum seekers/refugees even if granted asylum in the country they are supposed to be visiting from may be turned back at the border and where the watercourses and coastal seas are riven with untreated industrial and farming effluent and human sewage?
A lot of people from EU countries that have been in the EU for more than a decade don’t have a passport, as most countries accept a driving licence as valid identification for their citizens and a European identity card is valid ID within the EU. People will either have a passport or an ID card as there’s no point in paying for both and a lot of EU countries won’t even allow people to have both types of travel document. As the cost of a passport is higher than that of a European ID card and it is not necessary for travel outside of the EU there is no need to get one unless the intention is to travel outside of the EU. Just getting a passport for going to the UK when there are many other places to go to within the EU that don’t require that and aren’t subject to other things like visa, customs and immigration checks and so on doesn’t make a lot of sense for Europeans. As for the use of eGates, Portugal only allowed the UK citizens use of them in order to alleviate the queues at a few Portuguese airports, this was never supposed to be a structural thing and once ETIAS fully comes on line this is likely going to become a thing of the past.
French here. I always have a passport however visa is a criteria when choose a country for my vacations. The first form of American ESTA was simple, cheap and for a long period. Then appeared the second and third forms (maybe more?). Each time the travelers lost something. Now ESTA is expensive for what it is. Good luck to UK with ETA… for the Europeans it’s going to be a dead deal, we are so used to move freely in Europe. Just give a look at the railroad stations & airports every weekends… Another example outside Europe: a couple of years ago a visa was mandatory to go to Vietnam. Then the Vietnamese parlement voted an exception for several countries (France, Germany, Spain, …) during a limited period. The boom on the tourist industry was so large that every 2 or 3 years they renew the visa exception…
Being a German resident in Spain I do have a passport. It’s quite essential as the Spanish governent decided not to issue any IDs for foeign residents anymore saying that with your Spanish tarjeta de residencia it would be enough. The problem is: It looks like a monopoly card and doesn’t even have a photo. Theoretically, I could go to the UK without problems but I see it as such a hostile place with so mant things to solve that I’d choose about 45 holiday destinations before the UK.
Don’t feel sad, get angry and then focus that anger to change things. The Home Office is doing what it does because of government policies and government appointments. If anyone wants the direction of travel changed, and they are allowed to vote, they should ensure they are registered and get out to vote for it!
I’ve been travelling from Germany to the UK A LOT (about 40 trips in the past 30 years, 4 of them since 2021/1/1) and I don’t understand this groaning about travel restrictions at all. I’ve always travelled on a passport even when the UK was in the EU, as for some reason this seemed to make the immigration people in Newcastle happy, and if anything the process has become even easier. 10 or 20 years ago I would occasionally be pulled over to have my car and holiday luggage inspected (sometimes quite thoroughly), since Brexit I just got waved through when holding up my passport. In Scotland I can sit with the locals in a pub and groan together about the stupidity of their southern neighbors and raise a glass to Scotland’s coming independence and joining of EU. And while I’ve spent a lot more time in Scotland than in England (ratio of 10 : 1) I never met any hostility or even just impoliteness there, while on every single trip to England I have been verbally abused. Usually this came from the same sort of middle-aged withered-prune sort of a woman with evidently low education (thick local dialect), who made me repeat a quite commonplace question (like, can you tell me where to find the nearest post office?) 6 to 7 times, and then finsih off by saying ‘sorry your English is so bad I can’t understand a single word your saying.’ Now I’ve been learning and speaking English for over 60 years and have been told by qualified people (university teachers) that I am actually bilingual. This sort of free-lancer xenophobia more than anything else is keeping foreigners away from this blessed island.
I am german. My old passport expired long time ago. To get a new one, I would have to pay 81 Euros. Its not worth it to pay 81 Euros, especially for short trips. I can travel 31 countries with ID, which I have anyway. So why visit the UK? Other countries are beautiful too, and I dont have the hassle.
I am german, live in France but i have still a house in Germany so one could say i live in both countries bc i travel back and forth all the time. I had a passport and used it a lot when i was younger but now i try to fly bc of climate change as little as necessary so i let it expire. I have no need for a passport right now. Most of my german and french friends do not have a passport. My wife is french and we together with her mom wanted to visit the UK bc they love your gardens so much. But now none of us has a passport so we wont come. France is in fact a really beautiful country with a lot of beautiful places to visit. Just hop over the website and take a look. Living in the Normandy i can recommend many places to visit which aren’t far away from you like Mont-St.-Michel, Monets Garden in Giverny, Etretat, Versailles and Paris of course. Here are some images: cntraveler.com/galleries/2016-03-16/the-most-beautiful-places-in-france Enjoy it!