Germany will ease restrictions on travel from the UK next week
British tourists without "compelling reasons" to travel are still banned from France with French nationals and their spouses are exempt from the new rules.
A statement from French officials reads: "In the UK government's own words, the UK is facing a "tidal wave" of the Omicron variant in the coming days. Paul Charles, chief executive of travel consultancy The PC Agency, said: "Blanket country measures are a damaging backwards step and never work. Eurotunnel Le Shuttle has sparked confusion today, after updating their travel advice to inform British residents that they can no longer travel through France to reach a third country.
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