The requirement to isolate upon arrival will also be scrapped, under changes coming into force from tomorrow morning.
Travellers will continue to need evidence of a negative coronavirus test taken within 24 hours of departure.
It said travellers would need a ‘compelling reason’ to visit the country, which didn’t include tourism.
At the time a British Government spokesperson said ‘further border controls seem as unnecessary as they are unwelcome’.
Many questioned if the move would make much a difference, considering Omicron was already ripping through France as well by this point.