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The general travel advisory for almost 160 countries outside the EU and the Schengen area free from border control will end on September 30.
Media: As of October 1, according to a Federal Cabinet decision, there will be assessments tailored to the situation in individual states, according to government circles.
Can you go anywhere now?
NO! Because: In practice, there will be little change in the possibility of travel, said a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
However, a differentiated system will be adopted. It will probably be the case that a travel advisory can still apply to countries that are considered risk areas.
The lump sum extension was recently criticized primarily by the travel industry. “This is a tentative step in the right direction,” says the president of the German Travel Association (DRV), Norbert Fiebig.
In fact, little will change for customers and the travel industry, says Fiebig. Furthermore, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) determines the Foreign Office warnings with its assessment of risk areas.
Until now, the travel warning has been given in a generalized way and regardless of the classification of countries as risk zones. Only in Europe has the situation been seen differently so far.
Therefore, Fiebig asks the federal government to look closely at individual countries, regions, communities, and places after October 1, and to carefully analyze the infection process in these respective regions and areas.
A travel advisory is not a ban, but it is intended to have a significant deterrent effect. However, it also has a silver lining for consumers: it allows travelers to cancel reservations for free.
On March 17, Federal Chancellor Heiko Maas (SPD) announced an unprecedented measure due to the increasing number of corona infections: a warning against tourist travel to the around 200 countries of the world. It was not until June, immediately before the start of the main Christmas season, that the countries of the European Union, the Schengen area free from border control, as well as Great Britain, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican State were excluded. .
