Travel warning from Germany – salzburg.ORF.at
In the summer her company “got away with it with a light blue eye”, now there are fears and concerns, and not only for her, but also for her colleagues in the industry. “It is a situation that is currently worsening dramatically,” said Petra Nocker-Schwarzenbacher in an interview with the “Standard”.
The former chairwoman of the tourism department in the Austrian Chamber of Commerce runs the four-star hotel Brückenwirt in St. Johann im Pongau. “We are at the time with the most booking inquiries, every second sentence is what the cancellation conditions are anyway. We want to have the bookings regardless of what happens in winter and are accordingly accommodating. “
Winter sports businesses face 2-G
The concerns of the Salzburg hoteliers are well founded, according to Nocker-Schwarzenbacher in the “Standard” interview. The numbers would also prove that: In Germany the 7-day incidence is 154.5, in Austria 481.2. In the Chamber of Commerce they do not expect border closings, but some large winter sports companies are about to move in the direction of 2-G, for guests as well as for employees.
Veit: “New lockdown possible”
The tourism companies are therefore looking to the coming winter season with great concern. The President of the Salzburg Hoteliers Association, Walter Veit, even thinks a new lockdown is possible: “That may already be in preparation. Politicians are very cautious here. We keep asking questions. But of course it would be the worst situation if there was a lockdown again. On the other hand, if we are allowed to open the door and there is a travel warning for Austria – which is already in the room, then of course a large part of the guests will not be there. “
Big Storowelle threatens with travel warning
Then a huge wave of cancellation sets in again, says Veit. Then you don’t know how the whole thing can work again. If there should actually be a travel warning for Austria, there is an urgent need for financial support for the companies, so Veit continues: “Because the tourism companies can no longer survive a second winter without income.”
Veit has little confidence in the promises made by politics: “We have been told again and again that there WILL be no restrictions for vaccinated people and that we can get going with the companies. But as I see it now, I am slowly beginning to doubt whether we will really get a start to winter. “