Holidaygoers at a beach in Mallorca, where there are more foreign tourists than locals. Photos: Reuters
Tanya Buscher said she felt “a little bit” guilty when she booked a plane ticket to Mallorca – her first holiday since the pandemic struck – but her remorse did not last long once faced with the Spanish island’s turquoise waters.
“We don’t know what the future will hold, they could close the borders, ” the 32-year-old said, her shoulders already reddened by the sun.
She fled Dortmund for the largest of Spain’s Balearic Islands in the face of warnings from German Chancellor Angela Merkel against Easter trips abroad, aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus.