Corona crisis diverts tourists` travel routes
(WorldNews Netherlands)

The coronavirus crisis is clearly affecting Germans` holiday plans for the summer of 2020. Several recent, steady trends may come to an end. Fewer holiday trips Over the last few years, almost 80% of the Germans regularly made holiday trips lasting five days or longer (2019: 78%). This percentage might drop to less than 75% in 2020. In April 2020, 14% of survey participants had already cancelled their summer holidays. More than 30% had not made any travel plans yet, and just above one-fifth had postponed booking due to the coronavirus pandemic. There are both demand-side and supply-side reasons for the decline in travelling in 2020. First, the recession has led to unemployment or short-time...