Many owners and charter crews have been waiting a long time for this: finally, all restrictions on travelling to the two popular Mediterranean destinations have been almost completely lifted. The Robert Koch Institute has now categorised the whole of Italy, which now has an incidence of 24, as no longer a risk area. For crews, this means that they no longer have to fill out the digital entry declaration form on their return and no longer have to go into quarantine or take a test to get out of it.
The same applies in Croatia, but so far only for the regions (Croatian: counties) of Istria, Split-Dalmatia and Dubrovnik-Neretva. The part from Kvarner to Zadar is therefore still a risk area for the time being. However, the numbers have also been falling here for weeks and it is quite possible that the other regions will follow shortly.
The charter season should now finally pick up speed. Capacity utilisation was already good in Croatia, and now many last-minute bookings are also likely.
There is also good news from France: Corsica is also the first sailing destination to no longer be a risk area, so nothing stands in the way of the popular trip from Sardinia or Elba over to the French island. The rest of France has also been downgraded from high-risk area to risk area status. This means that crews can now also test themselves freely when returning from the rest of the country.
The situation in the Mediterranean is therefore easing more and more, after the Balearic Islands and parts of the Spanish coast were no longer a risk area some time ago. France, some mainland regions of Spain, Slovenia, some regions of Croatia, Greece and Turkey are currently still on the RKI list of countries that are relevant for sailors.
Andreas Fritsch
Editor Travel
