In Munich, among others, owners and employees of travel agencies, tour operators and bus companies want to demonstrate on Wednesday for a rescue fund for their industry.
- The travel industry is particularly hard hit by the effects of the corona crisis.
- In Munich, among others, those affected want to demonstrate on April 29.
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Munich - "If we don't get help, we're dead," said Anke Mingerzahn , owner of a travel agency in Suhl and co-initiator of the campaign alliance "Save the travel agencies - save the tourism!"
Munich: Travel agencies in need of existence due to Corona - large demonstration announced
Immediate non-repayable financial aid is needed for tourist companies. The industry, with three million employees, 15,000 companies and 290 billion euros in annual sales , has so far been abandoned by politicians. "Tourism contributes more to the gross domestic product in this country than the automotive industry or mechanical engineering," said travel organizer Claudia Mades in Munich . "Now we need real political support and not just lip service."
The alliance wants to demonstrate in front of the Federal Chancellery in Berlin as well as before the state parliaments in Düsseldorf, Hanover, Potsdam and Kiel, on Munich's Odeonsplatz , at the Frankfurt Hauptwache, the Mainz State Theater and at the Deutsches Eck in Koblenz, at Nuremberg Airport, in front of the Erfurt State Chancellery, on the Magbeburger Domplatz and on the Hamburg Rathausmarkt. The main utensils include empty suitcases and deck chairs . Sometimes 20, sometimes 50 demonstrators are allowed, with mouth protection and observing the distance rules.
Coronavirus Munich: Survey shows how critical the situation of the travel industry is
Exit restrictions , the closure of hotels and inns as well as the borders have taken the floor from the industry. The travel agencies would have no income and would also have to refund commissions, said Marion Tibursky, owner of a travel agency in Berlin. The Munich hosts are currently not doing much better . However, some are already preparing for the time after the lockdown.
In a company survey conducted by the Munich Ifo Institute , travel agencies and tour operators reported the biggest drop (minus 84 percent), followed by the aviation industry (minus 76 percent) and the hospitality industry (minus 68 percent). The Air Berlin insolvency administrator and Condor administrator Lucas Flöther expects a flood of bankruptcies in these industries.
dpa
