Number of Overnight Stays by Portuguese Tourists in Germany Expected to Increase This Summer
The German National Tourist Office for Spain and Portugal director, Ulrike Bohnet, has said that Germany expects to recover 60 per cent of the total number of overnight stays made by Portuguese travellers during 2019.
In 2019, travellers from Portugal accounted for 517,000 overnight stays in Germany. Thus, if the above-mentioned prediction turns out to be true, it means that this year Germany will register over 310,000 overnight stays from Portuguese travellers, AtoZSerwisPlus.pt reports.
Even though if it is impossible to reach the pre-pandemic figures this year, Bohnet believes that Germany will at least be able to recover its sector by over 50 per cent.
Germany has been registering positive trends this year, especially in January. Only in the first month of 2022 Germany registered an increase of 52 per cent in the number of overnight stays by Portuguese tourists.
The travel and tourism sectors all over Europe started to recover as soon as the travel rules got facilitated. However, Germany still faces uncertainties as the country continues to keep in place entry rules for all incoming travellers.
Germany currently requires all travellers to present valid COVID-19 proof upon their arrival. This means that travellers from Portugal need to present a vaccination, recovery, or test certificate in order to be permitted entry to Germany for travel purposes.
“From March 3, 2022, every person over the age of 12 is obliged to carry proof of their COVID?19 status when entering Germany. Persons over the age of 12 must therefore have a negative test result or proof of recovery or vaccination when entering Germany,” the German authorities note.
The data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that Germany registered 991,702 new COVID-19 infection cases in the last seven days.
As for the vaccination rates, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reveals that Germany has administered a total of 172,152,177 vaccine doses until now. As of April 13, a total of 90.9 per cent of the adult population in Germany has completed primary vaccination, and another 70.3 per cent have received an additional vaccine dose.
Previously, Germany eased some of its domestic COVID-19 rules. All persons are now permitted entry to bars, cafes, museums, shopping centres, museums, and other public places and events without being required to hold a vaccination, recovery, or test certificate.
