The authorities are putting the fear into practice: a travel warning is now in force for Spain. But what does that mean for Mallorca vacationers?
The Foreign Office got serious on Friday and for all of Spain (the only exception are the Canary Islands) a travel warning pronounced. But what does that mean exactly? Do all Germans on Mallorca and Co. have to return immediately? Do booked trips have to be canceled? And what rules apply if I return to Germany from a holiday in Spain? An overview.
An official travel warning is not the same as a travel ban. Conversely, this means that all holidaymakers who are on site or who have planned a trip to Spain in the next few days do not have to return immediately or cancel their holiday. At least the latter, however, is strongly recommended by all experts, precisely because the corona infection numbers in Spain have increased significantly in recent days.
Corona test on return is now mandatory
Anyone who has booked a package tour can now (if the tour operator does not do it by themselves) cancel their vacation and get their money back. Individual travelers can still travel to Spain as normal, but – as already mentioned – we strongly advise against this. For all holidaymakers who are currently in Spain, an officially ordered quarantine must now be observed after re-entering Germany until a negative corona test is available. This test is mandatory.
The Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (40) has now also specified this in a tweet. There the CDU politician writes: "The travel warning for Spain is far-reaching for many. But given the dynamism, it is necessary." The pandemic is not over. "Returnees must – until the test result is negative – in quarantine at home," writes the minister. According to the German Travel Association, there are currently around 30,000 German package holidaymakers in the Balearic Islands alone. Estimated 90 percent of them on Mallorca.