Tourism signal from Austria: ‘There will be a winter season’ | news
LEOGANG (dpa-AFX) – Despite the rapidly increasing Corona numbers, Austria’s top politicians are assuming that the current winter season will succeed. “The ultimate goal must be that this year’s winter season representatives of the event die, said Tourism Minister Elisabeth Kstinger (VP) on Friday after a meeting with people from all nine federal states in Leogang. The industry is very well prepared and has taken numerous safety precautions Cable cars and similar means of transport are a 3G obligation. Tyrolean head of state Günther Platter (VP) recalled the corona-related failure of the winter season 2020/2021, which had led to high unemployment in Tyrol.
With the vaccination, the initial situation is now completely different from a year ago, said Kstinger with a view to the current infection process, which is very similar to that in November 2020. At that time there was a nationwide lockdown, which the Austrian government has ruled out this time, at least for vaccinated people. Most tourists are vaccinated, said Salzburg’s regional chief Wilfried Haslauer (VP). “Our guests have learned to live with the pandemic.” In Austria, almost 9,400 new infections were counted within 24 hours on Friday, which is close to the record value of just under 9,600 cases in November 2020./mrd/DP/men