The attraction of the sun, the Sand and the waves has not abated in the pandemic-the summer of 2020. On the shores of many seas, images of jam-Packed beaches currently. Even in the most difficult of Coronavirus-hit country, the citizens currently in droves to the water. In the UK, in particular, recordings from the seaside resort of Bournemouth on the English South coast, which led to a debate. In Florida and in California rush of the past few days after the visit this weekend a number of beaches closed.
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Political correspondent for lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Bremen, with its headquarters in Hannover.
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close the people seem to lie in Germany, too. After appropriate images were created primarily on the Baltic sea, making Schleswig-Holstein’s Minister-President, Daniel Günther, a few days ago in Timmendorfer strand and Scharbeutz self a picture of the situation. “Viewed from a distance the beach looks very full,” said the CDU politician then. “But if you answer closer, you see that people comply with the necessary spacing by a majority.”
A matter of perspective
The perception, whether it is a beach frequented only good or criminally crowded, so could also with the respective camera perspective contexts. This impression has also won the district administrator Sven Ambrosy from Friesland. “From the embankment of view, you think: For God’s sake, is the full”, says the SPD politician. “When you go in, have the people but four-Meter distance.” In his function as Chairman of the lower Saxony tourism Association Ambrosy indicates that staying on the water is largely safe. “The main problem are the aerosols, but we have to constantly Wind.”
The head of the Bremerhaven health authority warns the visitors, however, the distance requirement shall be strictly observed. “If it is on the beach very closely and very fully, there’s a risk,” says Ronny Möckel. “This is especially true on days with little air movement.” For the medical officer and epidemiologists, the beaches, however, are used merely as an indicator. “If the beaches are full, the rest of the infrastructure.” Breakfast Rooms, Toilet Facilities, Super Markets.
An additional risk of infection to happen on the German coasts are, however, not demonstrate. The counties to the North and Baltic seas lights on the card in bright shades of green. From the critical threshold of 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, within seven days, it is far, so far far. In front of the decimal point a Zero is usually. Often there were as in the district of Friesland, in the last week, no infection, and more. “The last case I had here three weeks ago,” reports district administrator Ambrosy. “Since the beginning of the pandemic, we had a total of just 35 Ill.”
The Trend was even before Corona as
a tourism official Ambrosy is looking with Confidence at the beginning of the end of high season. “If we are now not luschig in terms of Hygiene, we have a really good time.” Ambrosy can not only report of a busy holiday accommodation on the coast, but in this year of good booking figures from the Hinterland, as well as other lower-Saxony’s holiday regions such as the Harz mountains.
The Corona-pandemic fired from his point of view of a longer trend. “The Germany tourism for ten years in the Coming. And what is more individual, such as apartments or Camping, is booming, particularly.“ Profiteers of the smaller towns of Aurich, which are idyllic, but not directly on the coast are to be. In Corona-times many people hope for a safe holiday. Ambrosy expects that the strength of the domestic tourism continues to strengthen. “People notice currently: human, what we are living in a great country.”
