Vacation could be so nice.

If only the right tourists came.

But in the coveted travel destinations, there are increasing complaints about too many vacationers - and about groups who sway beer-like despite Corona requirements.

Quite a few locals now think that the wrong people are coming: those who pay little and cause a stir.

Under the impression of celebrating Mallorca holidaymakers, Francina Armengol, Prime Minister of the Balearic Islands, demanded that those who misbehave and endanger health and the economy on the islands should stay at home.

Timo Kotowski

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Such unloved groups from Germany can be found in El Arenal at the “Ballermann”. The district on Mallorca is an example of regions of concern in tourism. It can be reached quickly with the city bus from the airport, unlike family hotels in the north and east of the island, to which package holidaymakers can travel for more than an hour. Not very attractive for party hoppers who - except at the counter - want to save. A week's package tour to a four-star domicile costs 1,000 euros in the north in the main season.

Willi Verhuven, head of the tour operator Alltours, calls for the end of cheaper party tourism.

Losses due to missing guests hardly worry him: Party tourism only accounts for 2 to 3 percent of the total business.

In Mallorca, kiosks and supermarkets in party regions had already been banned from selling alcohol at night before Corona.

Restaurants are no longer allowed to offer drinking flat rates there.

A small part of the celebration is therefore already gone - it has moved to the Black Sea in Bulgaria.

German aviation can imagine minimum prices

The carefree vacationer is one problem, too many guests are the other. In Venice, Amsterdam or Dubrovnik there are already worries that after Corona it will be as full as before. An increase in the price of airline tickets, which could slow down bargain hunters, is uncertain. In the crisis, flight overcapacities are reduced: Lufthansa is getting more than 100 jets smaller, TUI Fly wants to operate only 22 instead of 38 aircraft itself. Nevertheless, the price increase did not occur this summer. Airlines picked up planes from the pandemic parking lot faster than demand from vacationers increased. According to market researcher TDA, the travel business has reached 35 percent of the pre-crisis level, and the companies had hoped for 50 percent. And 10 to 20 percent of business trips are forecast to be permanently lost to video conferencing.

Others are planning much more optimistically: A delivery of more than 200 Boeing 737 Max aircraft to Ryanair has only just begun. And not every aircraft that was phased out by a company has been scrapped; the jets are available for leasing customers. At Lufthansa, holiday traffic is even the promising segment. In any case, Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary recently set his course undeterred: Growing faster than everyone else - including lure offers.