EU delay plan to charge British tourists fee to enter Schengen countries and sets new launch date

The EU has announced a new date for when it plans to start charging British tourists a fee to enter Schengen zone countries.

Previously, the EU's European Commission (EC) told ChronicleLive it was aiming to introduce the ETIAS visa waiver scheme in late 2022 or by May 2023. Now, the EC has updated its ETIAS visa waiver page with a new launch date, November 2023.

From November 2023, if the scheme goes to schedule, tourists travelling on UK passports into the Schengen Zone countries, which include EU nations popular with British tourists like Spain, France, Italy, Greece and Portugal, will be required to pass an ETIAS security check and pay a fee of €7 (roughly £6).