Friday, June 11, 2021
Holidaymania strikes Germany as Covid travel restrictions ease
Hundreds of thousands of Germans plan to go away soon, as government reduces risk rating of favoured destinations
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Germans are in the midst of holiday fever following the widespread relaxation of coronavirus restrictions at home and abroad, opening the prospect of travel again for a nation that considers the summer break to be a basic human right.
A considerable improvement week on week since May in the country’s virus incidence rate, which stood at 22 per 100,000 on Thursday, a 42% decrease on last week, a vaccine campaign that was slow to start but has picked up pace, and relaxations of rules in holiday destinations such as Mallorca, have prompted a boom in bookings. Continue reading...