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Monday 29 March 2021
After the Mallorca debacle
Federal government withdraws travel ban plan
Due to the heated discussion about travel to Mallorca, Merkel is examining the possibility of preventing tourist travel in general. After all, there will be no travel ban. The mandatory test for travelers already applies at the beginning of Easter.
Holiday trips abroad, in principle, will remain possible despite the corona pandemic. At the request of the German Press Agency, a government spokesman referred to the regulations applicable to travelers. “No new legal regulation is envisaged at this time,” he added. An inspection order issued by Chancellor Angela Merkel to possibly prevent tourist travel has now been formally concluded.
In view of the dispute over holidays in Mallorca, the federal government had considered temporarily banning travel to popular holiday areas abroad. Chancellor Angela Merkel had said during her consultations with the prime minister that it could not be that one could not prevent people from flying to Mallorca, but that a movement radius of 15 kilometers could be imposed in Flensburg. The responsible departments were asked to examine the legal possibilities. In Belgium and Great Britain there are travel bans for tourist purposes.
Trips to Mallorca booked a thousand times
After Mallorca was removed from the corona risk areas list on March 14, holiday bookings for the Balearic Islands are booming. The foreign ministry’s travel warning was lifted because the number of new infections had fallen below 50 per 100,000 residents in seven days. This made it possible to vacation in Mallorca again without quarantine and mandatory tests on return.
“The federal government continues to ask all citizens to refrain from traveling in and out of the country in light of the increasing number of infections and associated risks,” the government spokesman said. “Reference is made to existing entry regulations, in particular the new test documentation requirement for air transport from abroad, as well as testing and quarantine requirements when returning from risk areas.”
The general obligation to take the test remains
At least one general mandatory crown test has been introduced for all passengers flying to Germany and will apply from March 30. To do this, you must do a test in the country of departure before taking off. Anyone who cannot provide the airline with evidence of a negative result cannot board the aircraft. The stricter requirements decided by the federal and state governments will initially apply through May 12 inclusive.
According to the federal government, it is a precautionary measure to prevent the virus from spreading through vacation travel. It is also intended to protect the passengers of the aircraft. If the corona test is positive, you must quarantine at your own risk according to local regulations.
There have already been testing obligations for travelers, but only when they return from certain countries with a high risk of infection, as determined by a federal government classification. Therefore, before entering the country, you must present a negative test if you are coming from “high incidence areas” with a particularly high number of infections and from areas with new virus variants.
