Strip in the Skies With New German Holiday

German holidaymakers will be stripping in the skies this year thanks to a new type of nudist holiday that is being pioneered in the nation.

For just 499 euros (£370) 55 lucky passengers departing from Erfurt will be able to strip off up in the air and stay in their birthday suits until touching down in the Baltic sea resort of Usedom.

Travel agency OssiUrlaub.de started taking bookings for the trip, which is planned for July 5th, last Friday.

Sandra Koehler, a tour rep in the area, told the BBC: "I think people feel free when they are really naked. That's what it is about."

Ms Koehler stressed that passengers would only be able to strip after take-off and, to avoid accidents, no hot drinks will be allowed on board.

Nudism, commonly referred to by Germans as "free body culture", dates back to the 1908s in Germany and nudism colonies have existed in the country for more than a century.

However, the tradition was banned by the Nazis but "blossomed" again after the Second World War especially in eastern Germany where frosty temperatures do not deter die-hard nudists.