Pentecost is approaching (Sunday, May 23) and German tourists, for whom this holiday marks the beginning of the summer holidays, will finally be able to resume traveling and going abroad freely. This is possible because yesterday the German government approved an amendment to the existing regulations, which came into force today, which provides for a relaxation of the rules regarding the quarantine for those returning from abroad.
German tourists are exempted from the 10-day quarantine obligation and from having to carry out a test after returning to their country. This is if they are vaccinated, have recovered from Covid-19 in the last 6 months, or may exhibit the negative result of a PCR test no older than 3 days or of an antigen test that has not been carried out beyond 48 hours. The new legislation was approved to facilitate summer travel if you do not go to countries considered to be at high risk and where the variants of Corona are widespread.
This relaxation of the rules for those traveling abroad goes hand in hand with a situation that is improving. Today, German health authorities reported 17,419 new infections from Covid-19 to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). For comparison: a week ago the value was 18,485. According to the RKI, the number of positives per 100,000 inhabitants reported today was 103.6 nationwide, yesterday it was 107.8 and the previous week 125.7. In addition, 278 new deaths have been recorded across Germany in the past 24 hours. A week ago, there were 284.
For those who have not followed the live broadcast, we suggest you see our webinar “German tourists in Italian campsites: strategies and advice”, in which we talked about how to attract those campers who have always represented the largest share of foreign tourism for Italy. Watch it here: language is Italian, but some of our guest spoke in English.
Nenad Škuflić – Maistra Camping