Vacation
Start of the camping season – industry expects more guests again
There is still plenty of space at the campsite on the lake, which is located directly on the shore of Lake Constance. Photo: Felix Kästle/dpa
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In the past two years, almost nothing worked at Easter on German campsites because of the corona pandemic. It’s different this year. The campers can get started.
After two difficult starts to the season due to corona, the camping industry expects significantly more activity on the campsites this Easter.
In most federal states only permanent campers were allowed to move into their caravans on the Easter holidays last year. Now that most of the Corona measures have been lifted, things are different. “We expect normal demand,” says the Federal Association of the Camping Industry (BVCD) in Berlin. However, this can vary greatly from region to region.
Hope for a good season
“Easter is traditionally a period that is booked more spontaneously and depending on the weather forecast,” said Association Managing Director Christian Günther. “Mountains and sea generally move here, too.” For the camping industry, the start of the season can only get better after businesses suffered significant losses around Easter in the previous two years. “Last year we had to watch our guests travel to many a foreign destination,” said Günther.
The association assumes that the number of campers will slowly increase: “In April there is more of a quiet awakening on the campsites. With the better weather from May and at the latest from Ascension Day, it will be fuller,” said the association’s managing director. “So if you still want to enjoy the peace and quiet, you should go camping right now.”
Overall, the association expects a good season – “provided there are no further corona restrictions and the effects of the war in Ukraine do not burden German consumers even more,” as Günther said restrictively. No extraordinary changes are to be expected in the prices.
Last year, campsites in Germany counted almost 33 million overnight stays, around one million fewer than in 2020. With almost 9.5 million overnight stays, there was a record in August. According to the BVCD, this did not compensate for the losses of the first half of the year. Camping in Bavaria, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was particularly in demand.