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Berlin (dpa) - Almost two thirds of Germans consider the lifting of travel restrictions for Mallorca to be wrong.
In a survey by the opinion research institute YouGov on behalf of the German Press Agency, 65 percent rejected the Federal Government's decision to lift the quarantine and test obligation for returnees from the Spanish holiday island.
Only 22 percent consider this step to be the right one.
12 percent did not provide any information.
The boom in bookings for the Germans' favorite island continues.
DER Touristik reported that the numbers have increased eightfold in the week since the government decision.
"The demand for Mallorca holidays has been immensely high since it opened."
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A week ago, the federal government decided to remove Mallorca and other regions in Spain, Portugal, Denmark and the Bahamas in the Caribbean 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.
The rejection of the government decision is particularly high among the voters of the governing parties CDU / CSU (72 percent) and SPD (75 percent).
It is most likely to be accepted by AfD voters.
But even of them, a majority of 52 percent is against it.
The federal government has committed itself to lifting the travel warning for a country or region as soon as the number of new infections falls below 50 per 100,000 inhabitants within a week.
Nevertheless, she still generally advises against tourist trips at home or abroad.
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44 percent of those surveyed at YouGov were in favor of reactivating the worldwide travel warning that was issued during the first Corona wave last spring.
On the other hand, 35 percent think the previous practice of evaluating individual regions abroad according to the infection situation is basically correct.
13 percent would be in favor of abolishing all travel restrictions.
Almost exactly a year ago, the federal government issued a worldwide travel warning for all around 200 countries, which was only lifted after three months.
Since then, the government has assessed all countries separately, with the exception of individual regions.
Nevertheless, around 160 countries are still wholly or partially classified as risk areas today.
The Mallorca decision made the shaken travel industry breathe a sigh of relief.
The largest travel company, Tui, is also reporting consistently strong bookings.
"There is still a clear demand for the new trips," says the company.
In terms of prices, Tui sees “no particular upward swings” despite the high demand - in relation to the available capacities, if the capacity is used, they are often still in the range of “standard prices”.
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The competitor FTI also reports an "extreme increase in demand, especially for Mallorca".
Since last week there has been an increase in bookings by five times the week before.
"We have come closer to the figures in the comparable period of March 2019," says the FTI manager Manuel Morales.
Airlines also want to benefit from the increased demand for Mallorca.
Lufthansa has almost completely sold its additional Easter offer.
«The flights are almost fully booked.
There are only remaining places, ”says a spokesman.
At the moment, however, there are no plans to launch any further aircraft.
Looking ahead, there is also a high demand for Greece from May onwards.
Other companies such as Eurowings, Condor, Tuifly or the Irish Ryanair had also announced additional flights to the holiday region after the Corona travel warning for the Balearic Islands and some other areas fell on Sunday.
The industry as a whole cannot find anything indecent about the reopening of Mallorca.
One refers to strict hygiene regulations and the low number of cases there.
Ultimately, the trips that are now possible again correspond exactly to the rules of the federal government, it is said.
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