Due to the increasing number of corona cases in Germany, there is again a "lockdown" situation.
The government calls on tourists to stop traveling.
"Holiday ban" in Germany: What does that mean for the planned holiday in November?
Update from October 29, 2020
: The upcoming lockdown will prohibit tourist accommodation in Germany for a period of four weeks from November 2.
That means:
Hotels and hostels that offer tourists accommodation are no longer allowed to accept them
.
Citizens are encouraged to refrain from private travel - whether nationally or in the immediate vicinity.
What does this mean for vacations that have already been planned?
Do customers get their money back?
The Stiftung Warentest informs on its portal test.de that in the event of a
general ban on accommodation in Germany, the claim of the hotels, pensions and landlords of holiday apartments to payment does not apply
.
You cannot make the bookings, so no costs should be passed on to the travelers.
In general, the law calls for "unavoidable, extraordinary circumstances" that must be objectively present and also exist at the time of the trip in order to justify a free cancellation.
In the event of the upcoming lockdown, these criteria should be met - nevertheless, Stiftung Warentest recommends those affected
to contact
the
consumer advice centers in their respective federal state
.
Each case - whether services from airlines or tour operators - should be treated individually.
Now it's official: In the course of the Corona measures, the federal and state governments are banning tourist accommodation in Germany
Update from October 28, 5:51 p.m
.: In a press conference, Chancellor Angela Merkel has just announced the tightened corona measures * that were decided in today's video conference between her and the prime ministers of the countries.
Accordingly, the leaked restrictions in tourism will actually come about: the federal and state governments will ban
tourist accommodation in Germany
from next week
.
Citizens are encouraged
to refrain from private trips and visits to relatives
unless they are absolutely necessary - this applies, among other things, to domestic trips and national day trips.
Exceptions only apply for necessary purposes such as mandatory business trips.
Contrary to what was initially planned, the regulation
will
apply for four weeks
from November 2nd
.
Catering establishments must also close for the rest of the month from November 2nd.
All information for reading will be available soon on Bundesregierung.de.
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: New quarantine rules from November 8th - What travelers will have to pay attention to soon.
Are there no more holidays in Germany from November?
Update from October 28, 2020, 10:24 a.m
.: The draft of the federal resolution for the video conference between Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Prime Minister of the federal states on Wednesday, which is available to the editorial network Germany, provides for drastic restrictions in everyday life.
Gastronomy and tourism in particular
are affected
by the restrictions that
are to apply
from November 4th
.
Accordingly, the federal government wants to
ban
tourist accommodation *
in Germany for almost the whole of November
.
According to the draft resolution, overnight offers should only be allowed for necessary purposes.
In general, citizens will be asked to refrain
from private trips and visits to relatives
.
Gastronomy should also be hit hard: bars, clubs, pubs, restaurants and similar catering establishments will probably have to close again - except for the delivery and collection of food.
In addition, the federal government plans to
ban events
that serve entertainment
throughout Germany
in
November
.
The bans affect theaters, operas, concert halls as well as cinemas, amusement parks, arcades and other leisure facilities, as the RND writes.
The tightened measures therefore serve to "quickly interrupt the infection dynamics so that no far-reaching restrictions are necessary during the Christmas season".
"Lockdown light" causes outrage in the tourism industry - "Peasant victims of the pandemic policy"
Original message from October 27, 2020
: Many industries have been suffering from the corona pandemic and the measures that numerous countries have ordered since the beginning of the year - gastronomy and tourism are particularly affected.
Border closings and travel warnings * brought travel to a standstill almost entirely in the spring.
And the industry is still bothered by accommodation bans and quarantine regulations.
Now, due to the increasing number of cases, the government should think again about a “lockdown light” - which could finally drive many companies and businesses that are already worried about their existence into ruin.
The Federal Association of the German Tourism Industry is therefore already calling for a demonstration in Berlin.
This is what the “lockdown light” could look like in Germany
Numerous media are currently reporting on a “lockdown light”, citing the “Bild” newspaper (content behind the payment barrier).
According to this, Angela Merkel and the prime ministers are to discuss further restrictions on public life at a video conference on Wednesday, October 28, 2020.
Closures of bars and restaurants as well as event bans are up for debate.
However, schools and daycare centers should remain open as far as possible.
Government plans "lockdown league": tourism industry is in a storm
The tourism industry also sees itself affected by the upcoming restrictions and immediately counteracts it: "If the leaked plans for a 'Lockdown Light' come true, it would be the
next catastrophe for the tourism industry
", says Michael Rabe, General Secretary of the Federal Association of the German Tourism Industry , according to a press release.
“If restaurants were closed and events were banned, small and medium-sized companies in the tourism industry in particular would once again become
victims of the pandemic policy
for no reason
.
No one has yet presented reliable figures that our operations are among the pandemic drivers, or at least they are not publicly available.
And yet a large part of the corona measures - be it
accommodation
bans
or compulsory quarantine for
travelers returning
from risk areas, blocking times or the simple repeated advising against travel
- have our industry and customers in their sights. "
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Furthermore, Rabe says: “We call on politics to refrain from these incomprehensible measures on the back of the tourism industry.
However, should politicians stick to such an industry-specific lockdown for reasons related to pandemic politics,
industry-specific compensation payments and rescue measures are
an absolute must
for the companies concerned
, who make a special sacrifice in this respect.
Otherwise, the majority of them will not survive the Corona winter. ”On Wednesday, companies from the event industry, tourism industry and gastronomy want to demonstrate in Berlin.
(fk / sca) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.
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