Now that measures around the coronavirus are slowly easing worldwide again, and many countries are opening their borders to tourists again, you would think that people want to go on holiday again this summer. Until June 15, the travel advice on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for all countries is orange, which means that all holidays abroad are not recommended.
As of June 15, the travel advice will be changed to yellow and it is again possible to go on holiday to other countries within the EU, according to the website. However, the travel advice remains orange if a country does not yet have enough control over the coronavirus, imposes quarantine on arrival in the country or does not welcome Dutch tourists.
Many people translate the message into 'allowed' and 'not allowed', but travel advice is an advice, says Williemien Veldman of Foreign Affairs. “In doing so, we also appeal to people's own responsibility. That they themselves estimate whether they want to go on holiday abroad in these uncertain corona times. ”
Research among more than 29.000 people shows that 48 percent of these people are not going on summer holidays this year. That is almost half of the Netherlands. Many people prefer to stay at home because of the consequences of the corona crisis. This is because they think it is safer to stay around the house with the corona crisis. In the Netherlands they know where they stand with regard to the corona measures.
One third (29.000 percent) of the more than 33 people would like to go on holiday. About 42 percent of them do want to go on holiday in the Netherlands, so that if a new outbreak occurs or something goes wrong, they are close to home. Dutch news program EenVandaag reports that people perceive air travel as a risk of corona contamination.
About 20 percent still want to fly to a holiday destination, before the corona crisis this was 39 percent. 72 percent say they want to go on holiday by car, before the corona crisis this was 51 percent. Ultimately it is up to everyone to decide whether or not to go on holiday, especially use your common sense.
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