Germany: Tourism and Leisure Industry Must be Taken into Account in the German Recovery and Resilience Plan

In cooperation with other national tourism associations, the Association of German Amusement Parks and Attractions (VDFU) is claiming the correction of the “Recovery and Resilience Plan“ of the German government.

After approval of the “NextGenerationEU“ program as part of the European economy rehabilitation plan by the European Commission and the Member States, a plan which provides for more than 750 billion Euros as a temporary development instrument and is divided into 390 billion Euros in non-repayable grants and 360 billion Euros in repayable loans, the member states had to set up a Recovery and Resilience Plan on national level. The purpose of the European program is to mitigate the Corona-related damage to the economy and public life. Germany is supposed to receive 23 billion Euros out of this special aid program.

“While most of the EU Member States recognize the significant position of the tourism and leisure industry with a comprehensive funding, the German Recovery and Resiliance Plan is missing the consideration of the tourism and leisure industry,“ complains Jürgen Gevers, General Manager of the VDFU. Together with partner associations of the tourism industry, the leisure businesses urges the federal government to correct its draft and, taking into account the fact that tourism and the leisure industry are the sectors most affected by the Corona crisis, give them sufficient recognition in the support program. (eap)