Some industry representatives already speak of a slight hysteria that is spreading among customers. “People want to travel there Gran Canaria cancel because on Tenerife a hotel is under quarantine, ”says Rewe Touristik boss Martin Fast.
For two weeks now, the number of incoming new bookings has lagged behind the previous year. His experience shows that this can change quickly. Because the memory of vacationers traditionally quickly forgets where there were trouble spots. “If a vaccine against that tomorrow Corona virus is found, we quickly have a normal working day again ”, Fast is convinced.
That is also true Josef Peterleithner, President of the Austrian Travel Association, too. There are major uncertainties in the market, but “this is less about the fear of infection than about the concern of having to stay in the booked hotel longer than planned,” he believes.
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