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Travel trends in the pandemic - this is how vacations could change

2021-03-19T15:58:35.520Z


Travel and vacation in 2021 could change due to the corona crisis. Which trends are already emerging.


Travel and vacation in 2021 could change due to the corona crisis.

Which trends are already emerging.

  • The Corona crisis * is having an enormous impact on the

    vacation

    and

    travel industry

    .

  • Some new

    travel trends could

    emerge

    from the

    pandemic

    .

  • Corona-News

    *

    :

    Everything you

    need

    to

    know

    about the

    pandemic

    at a glance.

Frankfurt - Finally out of the gray

Corona everyday life

and into the vacation - that's what many people want.

A change of scenery, even if it is only brief, can at least pass the dreary period of lockdown a little out of your mind.

But when

planning a trip

in 2021, there is one thing above all: the fear of being infected with the

coronavirus

.

This is precisely why the trends in

vacation and travel

in 2021

paint

a completely different picture than in previous years - apart from the first

Corona year

2020

.

But what changes have you seen so far?

Corona: Holidays in 2021 are strongly linked to pandemic factors

An important point is the dependence of vacation planning on politics and infection rates.

The corona vaccination pass will play an important role on summer holidays *.

With it, EU citizens should be able to prove that they have already had a vaccination.

It is still unclear exactly when the vaccination certificate will come.

However, the EU Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas told the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung": "The evidence should be usable until the beginning of summer, and

summer

begins on June 1st."

It is also currently unclear whether a

corona vaccination certificate will

actually

guarantee

free

travel

within the EU.

Vacation countries such as

Spain

and

Greece are

repeatedly demanding that such a vaccination certificate be combined with easier travel.

Countries such as Iceland and Poland have already stipulated in their entry regulations that a ten-day quarantine is no longer required for vaccinated travelers.

Other countries could follow this trend.

Corona pandemic: Holiday and travel trend in 2021 - Can travel agencies benefit?

The uncertainties that go hand in hand with the dependence on politics and the incidence of infections will cause another trend on vacation in 2021.

"People are booking more in travel agencies instead of online portals so that they have a contact person in an emergency," explains travel researcher Jürgen Schmude to the "editorial network Germany".

There are currently around 10,000 travel agencies in Germany.

In addition to

travel agencies

, however, a completely different trend is emerging.

Package tours

could also

gain more and more popularity in 2021.

These are usually booked directly with the tour operator.

Many offers include free cancellation - which is an important point for many when choosing a trip in uncertain Corona times.

Nevertheless, customers have to be careful when booking their vacation, because not every provider can cancel shortly before departure.

Corona: New trends in means of transport for vacation and travel in 2021

The means of transport people use to set out on their journey could also change in 2021.

Ingo Burmester, CEO of “

DER Touristik

”, told the “Westfälischer Anzeiger”: “

There is

particularly high demand for car travel *.” Not surprising, because

flexibility is particularly important in

times of Corona

.

In your own car this is of course higher than, for example, when flying.

The Germans' favorite travel destinations: In 1991

In 2019 (applies to the main holiday trip of five days or more)

Germany: 37.2 percent

Germany: 26.0 percent

Spain: 11.0 percent

Spain: 12.7 percent

Austria: 9.5 percent

Italy: 8.7 percent

Italy: 8.9 percent

Turkey: 6.3 percent

France: 5.0 percent

Austria: 4.7 percent

Source: Forschungsgemeinschaft Urlaub und Reisen eV: Reiseanalyse 1971, 1991, 2020, Kiel

In times when

vacationers

want to focus more on sustainability,

traveling

by train

could also

play an increasingly important role.

The European

railways are

currently investing more and more in expansion.

Deutsche Bahn, together with ÖBB, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and the French state-owned company SNCF, want

to expand

night train connections in Europe

again

in the coming years, for example

.

Plans provide for connections between Zurich and Cologne to Amsterdam, as well as a route from Vienna via Munich to Paris.

(Sophia Lother)

* fr.de and wa.de are offers from IPPEN.MEDIA

Source: merkur

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