Despite the popularity of the North sea and the Baltic sea during the Corona pandemic have to live with holiday makers this summer, with strong price increases. More expensive to be in many places, accommodations but cleaning packages for holidays, as a survey of the German press Agency in tourism resulted in high castles on both coasts. Also, according to information provided by the Hotel and restaurant Association (Dehoga) of Schleswig-Holstein may rise in property prices so far, not addressed.

“The booking situation in the Baltic sea resort of Scharbeutz (Kreis Ostholstein) in the high season as in previous years,” said André Rosinski, managing Director, Tourismus-Agentur Lübecker Bay. Price increases on a broad Front, it will not give, some landlords of holiday homes and apartments have increased the Cleaning fee because of the higher expenses easily. “An apartment for four people costs in Scharbeutz, on average, between 800 and 1000 euros per week.” Complaints of excessive prices, nothing was known to him.

On the North sea coast in St. Peter-Ording (district of North Friesland) is the utilization of the Hotels at around 92 percent, in the case of apartments, it is even about 96 percent. Of price increases, nothing can be known, it is locally common summer would not be required to prices, said tourism Director Constanze Höfinghoff. In the case of the average prices, there is no difference to previous years was evident.

In Grömitz (Kreis Ostholstein), there are no findings that the strong demand for holidays could have driven to the Baltic prices. “Many guests have booked their accommodation for the summer vacation well in advance. Since the price has been fixed already,“ said Jacqueline rock man tourism-Service Grömitz. However, if you search now for hotel rooms or an apartment for the next few weeks, have to take no more and had to what was still there. “These are often the most luxurious and therefore expensive objects.”

Basic price increases, he does not observe said Laboes (Kreis Plön) tourism-in-chief Stephan Tomnitz. However, were also increased in the Baltic sea resort of the packages for the cleaning of the accommodations.

The Lübeck and Travemünde Marketing GmbH has reported two to three owners of apartments have increased their prices. “You have justified the increased cleaning costs due to the necessary hygiene measures,” said spokeswoman Doris Schütz. In addition, the prices for apartments in Lübeck and Travemünde are not to be increased beyond the normal level. The same is true for hotel prices.

dpa