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Berlin (dpa) - The plight of many tourism companies grows with the duration of the forced Corona break.
As a result of a survey, every fourth holiday home rental company in Germany is now considering giving up.
Should tourism only start again in June, that would be difficult to cope with for another 36.9 percent, as the survey published on Wednesday by the German Holiday House Association and the German Tourism Association shows.
At the same time, travel agencies and tour operators are expecting a massive slump in business for the second year in a row.
According to the German Vacation Home Association, rental income is existential for many vacation home owners.
Around one in five make a living from it.
The holiday property serves as a retirement provision for another 31.5 percent.
Here the rental income is "an important basis for maintaining the holiday property".
According to the information, only 15.5 percent of holiday home renters and agencies were able to avail themselves of state aid.
The association complained that most of them are left empty-handed because they rent privately or as a sideline.
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In the first three months of the year, 81.4 percent of holiday home owners recorded a drop in bookings compared to the pre-crisis period of 2020. Bookings fell by more than half for one in three.
Last year, 85.7 percent of landlords complained about a drop in sales.
In April 10,528 private and commercial landlords were surveyed.
"We appeal to the federal states to finally submit concrete steps for a reopening of tourism after a six-month lockdown," said the chairman of the German holiday home association, Göran Holst. Some federal states have announced that they will take the first regional opening steps in tourism.
Depending on the regional number of infections, camping and overnight stays in holiday apartments for tourist purposes should also be allowed.
The mood is also gloomy at travel agencies and tour operators.
According to a survey by the travel association DRV, more than 90 percent of the companies assume that they will be able to achieve less than 50 percent of the sales from the pre-Corona year 2019.
More than two thirds even expect less than 25 percent.
In the past tourism year, sales with organized travel slumped 65 percent to 12.5 billion euros due to the Corona crisis.
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The vast majority of the 450 travel companies surveyed in April are asking politicians to come up with a concept for a restart.
In addition, 90 percent consider an extension of the bridging aid to be necessary.
More than two thirds also spoke out in favor of extending short-time working allowances in order to keep the workforce.
“Almost all of the companies participating in the survey have applied for economic aid from the federal government.
This underlines once again how dramatic the economic situation is in the travel industry, ”said DRV President Norbert Fiebig.
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Survey by the German Holiday House Association