After a long vacation, many Germans long to be able to travel again.
Experts expect a travel boom in summer 2021 despite Corona.
Whether travel will be possible again without restrictions in summer 2021 is still in the stars.
Some European countries, such as Iceland, Poland or Romania, allow travelers to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus *.
For others, the usual entry rules with test and quarantine requirements should continue to exist.
Nevertheless, the stars for tourism in the summer are very good again, as some travel industry experts believe.
Travel boom in summer 2021?
Germans hope for vacation despite Corona
A few weeks ago, the Federal Government's Tourism Commissioner, Thomas Bareiß, made hope that normal travel could slowly but surely be possible again from Whitsun.
“
But I believe that a boom will arise in the summer,
” Bareiß added recently in an interview with the Reuters agency.
Due to the extensive state Corona aid, he does not assume a wave of bankruptcies in the travel industry.
With the vaccinations and more rapid tests, tourism could become possible again step by step.
Nevertheless: “Of course the year 2021 will still be a year of crisis.”
From his point of view, traveling at Easter will still be weak
.
His hope therefore rested on the summer and the second half of the year.
The tour operator TUI is also pleased about the encouraging statements made by the government's tourism commissioner.
According to
Bild.de,
a spokesman explains
: “This statement from Mr. Bareiß is important for the industry and gives tour operators, travel agencies, airlines and hotels a perspective.” TUI itself has also noticed an increased desire to travel among Germans: “Our market analyzes show that it is there is an enormous longing to be able to make a relaxed trip again after this difficult Corona time.
We also see this when evaluating the search data on our website. "
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Corona: Germans have these travel destinations in mind in summer 2021
The President of the German Travel Association, Norbert Fiebig, made similar predictions for a travel boom in the summer when asked by
Bild.de
: “We will see the first travel demand from Easter.
From May we expect a larger number of trips abroad, and in the summer the Germans will be keen to travel again. ”According to TUI, Germans will again be drawn to the
Mediterranean region, to Spain, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and Portugal
.
If you want to travel by car, you have to expect a lot of traffic in the direction of Austria, Italy, Croatia and the Baltic Sea coast or the Mecklenburg Lake District.
Nevertheless, in Fiebig's opinion, it will be a long time before the travel industry has recovered: “If you weren't allowed to go on winter holidays, you can't make up for it.
Therefore, the majority of the lost lockdown sales cannot be made up. ”An analysis by the World Tourism Organization (UNTWO) has even shown that travel has declined to a level of 1990 in the past year.
(fk) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editors network.
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