Preparations for the winter season are already in full swing in Austria - but the coronavirus could thwart the tourism industry's bill.
The RKI has been warning of parts of
Austria
since September
.
This development particularly affects
tourism in
the Alpine republic.
Many vacationers are
already
canceling their trips because of the
Corona
* travel warning.
Update from October 2, 5:28 p.m
.: The increase in corona cases in
Austria
is alarming
(see original
message )
- but has recently slowed down.
After the number of infections * had suddenly
doubled
about a month ago
, they have remained largely
constant
since mid-September
.
Health Minister
Rudolf Anschober (Greens)
spoke on Friday in Vienna of “stabilization with numbers that are clearly too high”.
He is aiming for a
halving
in the next one to two months.
Around 8,400 people in Austria are currently considered to be actively infected with the Sars-CoV-2 * coronavirus.
According to the latest data from the Corona Commission (as of Wednesday evening),
Austria recently counted
54.4 new cases
per 100,000 inhabitants
nationwide in one week
.
The numbers fluctuate extremely regionally, the capital
Vienna still
counts
more than half of
all active cases and new cases in the country.
Austria at record threshold: "Heavy blow" for tourism - the first consequences are already evident
Original
report
from October 2nd
: Munich / Vienna - With over 800 new infections from Wednesday (September 30th) to Thursday (October 1st),
Austria is
approaching
its record high from the beginning of the
corona pandemic
in March 2020.
Warned about
the high number of infections now also the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in front of parts of the Alpine republic.
Blow for tourism: Parts of Austria are corona risk areas
In September the RKI decided that parts of Austria are officially classified as risk areas.
First it hit the federal state of
Vienna
on September 16,
followed by the state of
Vorarlberg
on September
23
and the state of
Tyrol
on September 25
.
In Austria there is also a Corona traffic light. * It shows which areas of the country are affected by Corona and to what extent.
+
Preparations for the winter season in Austria are underway - but how many holidaymakers will accept the offer this year is still open after the RKI's corona travel warning (symbol image).
© Felix Hörhager / dpa / archive
The high number of new infections is a problem in view of the second wave of the corona pandemic *.
On the other hand, this classification by the RKI has massive effects on tourism businesses in particular.
“Entire villages live on Ischgl.
That is an
uncanny economic power
in this region of the Tyrolean Oberland ”, says the Tyrolean photographer Lois Hechenblaikner in an interview with Tagesschau.
Effects of Corona: high losses for tourism in Austria feared
Günther Platter, Governor of Tyrol, also speaks there: “A third of all overnight stays in Austria take place in Tyrol.
We earn every third euro through tourism. ”The drastic consequences of classifying Tyrol as a
corona risk area
are
already evident
for
tourism
.
Harald Mahrer: "Due to Corona, the situation for many city hotels in Austria is more serious than many believe."
⚡ Regarding the required measures: https://t.co/QZpyj8IBrj pic.twitter.com/e7dWVW3q9O
- Austrian Chamber of Commerce (@WKOe) October 2, 2020
Mario Gerber is a tourism representative in the Tyrolean Chamber of Commerce (WKÖ) and spoke to the German Press Agency (dpa).
He reported that hotels in parts of Tyrol have already been hit by a wave of cancellations due to Corona: “This is a very heavy blow for us.” Even houses in which no cases of infection have been reported so far suffer from 50 percent cancellations.
These are the corona infection numbers for Austria
The number of confirmed corona infections in
Austria
has risen again, but does not reach the high value (+825 new infections) of September 30th.
This is communicated by the Federal Ministry for Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection.
Proven corona infections (as of October 2, 12 noon) | 46.812 (+678) |
Active cases | 8,385 |
Dear Genese People | 37,186 |
Deceased persons (with Sars-Cov-2) | 803 |
Hospitalized people | 372 (including 100 in intensive care) |
Overall, an increase in the number of cases to 46,812
corona
infections was reported
on Friday, October 2
.
That is 678 more people than the day before.
37,186 people are currently considered recovered in Austria.
There were also a total of 803 deaths.
(Jennifer Greve) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.
List of rubric lists: © Felix Hörhager / dpa / Archive