British tourists will have to apply to enter EU countries and pay a fee before they are allowed in under plans to introduce a visa waiver security check scheme.
As the UK has now left the EU due to Brexit, British tourists planning to visit the Schengen zone - which includes most EU nations in mainland Europe - will have to apply to the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) before they depart, when ETIAS launches in 2023.
The ETIAS security check on visitors to the EU was first proposed in 2016, when the UK was yet to vote to leave the EU, before being confirmed in 2018. The UK cut ties with the EU on December 31, 2021, after an 11-month transitional period.
