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Berlin (dpa) - After the sudden increase in holiday bookings for the holiday island of Mallorca, the federal government has called for a general waiver of tourist trips due to the corona pandemic.

"The appeal is to forego any travel that is not absolutely necessary," said government spokesman Steffen Seibert on Monday in Berlin.

The spokeswoman for the Federal Foreign Office, Maria Adebahr, said: "The absence of a travel warning is not an invitation to travel."

But everyone has to make the decision for themselves.

The federal government decided on Friday to remove Mallorca and other regions in Spain, Portugal and Denmark from the list of corona risk areas and thus also to lift the travel warning from the Federal Foreign Office.

This means that since Sunday it has been possible to vacation on the Germans' favorite island again without quarantine and mandatory testing upon return.

A negative test only has to be presented when entering Spain.

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After the decision of the federal government, flight bookings for Mallorca skyrocketed.

The largest provider, Eurowings, therefore launched 300 additional flights to the Balearic island for the Easter period.

Tui wants to open the first hotels on Mallorca as early as next weekend.

In two weeks the Easter holidays will start in most of the federal states.

Countries and regions abroad in which there are more than 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in 7 days are classified as risk areas.

That still applies to most of Europe.

In the Balearic Islands the value on Friday was only 21.3.

This also led to the lifting of the travel warning, which enables bookings to be canceled free of charge.

In the travel advice on the Internet, however, the Federal Foreign Office continues to advise against “unnecessary, tourist trips”.

But this is nothing more than a recommendation, it has no legal consequences.

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In their most recent decision of March 3, the federal and state governments had already «urgently» appealed to all citizens to «refrain from travel that is not absolutely necessary at home and abroad».

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