Visas: Tourism

(asked on 10th November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect the requirement for visas to enter the UK from Europe has had on (1) tourism from Europe, and (2) the UK economy.


Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 24th November 2021

Citizens of countries in the European Union, European Economic Area and Switzerland do not require visas to visit the UK.

Visitors from those countries may use our ePassport gates, where available, to enter the UK.

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