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2020-11-26T09:44:41.675Z


Italy is calling for the ski areas across Europe to be closed until January 10th. Was it that with the ski holidays? Austria reacts promptly.


Italy is calling for the ski areas across Europe to be closed until January 10th.

Was it that with the ski holidays?

Austria reacts promptly.

  • Corona *: Italy demands that ski areas be kept closed up to and including January 10th.

  • There should be a European roadmap in this regard.

  • In Austria one does not seem to agree with this at all.

Update from November 25, 2:05 p.m.:

The

Bavarian ski resort

operators

are facing a difficult winter.

Seldom has a season been so difficult to plan as this year.

Antonia Asenstorfer

from the Alpenplus ski association is hoping

that

the ski areas will

open

before the holidays in December.

“The Christmas holidays alone account for around a quarter of our winter sales.

The loss would be enormous. "

Asenstorfer

emphasizes: "We are in the starting blocks and we are confident that we can commence operations and the necessary 

precautions 

can keep." Even

Verena Altenhofen

explains spokeswoman for the Zugspitze ski area: 

"As soon as we can, we'll open."

The piste conditions are currently a dream.

Corona-Aus for the ski vacation?

Söder flies his statement around the ears

Update from November 25, 12.20 p.m.:

The

Federal Government's

Tourism Commissioner

,

Thomas Bareiß

, is

critical of

a general

ban on the skiing season

.

“Safety also comes first in winter.

But I am convinced that skiing to a

certain extent

and under

clear criteria

such as a maximum number of daily ski passes is possible without any problems.

We should make things possible where security can be created.

A general ban is wrong, ”he told the

dpa

on Wednesday

.

The Bavarian Prime Minister

Markus Söder

received

opposition

from his own coalition partner

after his demand for the Europe-wide closure of the ski areas

.

“A supranational 

ban on winter sports

 disproportionately restricts many people's search for relaxation.

That is why I speak out against blanket closures - especially because all the mountain railways have developed excellent hygiene concepts that they implement consistently, "said Free Voters parliamentary group leader

Florian Streibl

on Tuesday.

In particular, he warned against the closure of exclusively

German ski resorts

.

On Wednesday, the tourism policy spokesman for the

Bavarian state parliament FDP followed suit

with his

criticism

.

"How does Söder actually want to explain to people that they can

sit

 together

in a fully occupied subway 

wearing a mask

- but not ride in a chairlift outdoors?" Asked

Albert Duin

.

He does not understand why outdoor sports without physical contact should be banned.

With good

hygiene

concepts, special ticket management and staggered timing,

skiing

can be organized

within the framework of the

Corona rules

, explained

Duin

.

Corona-Aus for the ski vacation?

Austria reacts to proposals by rejecting them

Update from November 25th, 9.45 a.m.:

In

Austria people

are anything but happy about the proposal to keep the

ski areas

closed

.

Italy

recently called for a

Europe-wide closure

at least until January 10th.

The Bavarian Prime Minister

Markus Söder also

spoke out in favor of a uniform solution at European level.

Austria

reacted with vehement

rejection

to the proposals.

Finance Minister

Gernot Blümel

demanded

financial compensation

from the EU (

see initial report).

Tourism Minister

Elisabeth Köstinger

made it clear: “Winter holidays in

Austria

will be safe.

Our companies have safety concepts for skiing holidays, there will be no après-ski this year. ”The Alpine republic is convinced that

ski tourism

with

distance rules

and

hygiene concepts can work

just as well as summer tourism this year.

In

France

, President

Emmanuel Macron has

spoken out against the rapid opening of winter sports resorts,

despite the slightly improved

Corona situation

.

While it run plus one vote of the government, but it seemed to him

impossible

, an

opening for the holidays

to take at the end of the eye, the head of state said on Tuesday evening in a televised address.

“We will coordinate this with our European neighbors,” he said.

Corona-Aus for ski vacationers?

Söder supports the Italian proposal

Update from November 24th, 9.45 p.m.:

No ski vacation over Christmas?

Bavaria's Prime Minister

Markus Söder

(CSU) supports the Italian advance.

“If we want to keep borders open, we also need a clear agreement on

skiing

.

Otherwise it will be a difficult development, ”he said on Tuesday in Munich.

Anyone who goes skiing in risk areas has to be in

quarantine for

ten days

.

"I would prefer we would have a uniform agreement at European level: no ski lifts open anywhere or no vacation anywhere."

Corona-off for ski holidays?

Italy calls for a Europe-wide ban - Austria reacts vehemently

First report from November 24th:

Munich / Vienna - How

will

Christmas be celebrated

in the

Corona year 2020

?

Will winter vacations be possible?

Question after question is piling up as many parts of Europe struggle with the second wave of coronavirus *.

The number of new infections * is increasing in many places or is staying at a high level.

Despite many restrictions, there still does not seem to be any reason to give the all-clear.

On Wednesday (November 25th) Angela Merkel and the country bosses will meet to decide on further corona measures.

Germany's neighboring countries

Italy

and

Austria in

particular are struggling with the pandemic.

The subject of

ski holidays

is hotly debated there.

Coronavirus: Conte is clouding prospects for winter holidays and Christmas - "not possible"

"It is not possible

to allow

a

winter vacation

, we cannot afford it," said Italy's Prime Minister

Guiseppe Conte

in an interview with the television station

"La7"

.

The prospects for a winter vacation and a normal Christmas have thus clouded Conte.

Italy is therefore aiming, in coordination with Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel * (CDU) and France's President

Emmanuel Macron, for

a

European roadmap

for the gradual opening of the ski areas.

According to media reports, there is agreement among the heads of government that uncoordinated and too fast openings like in the summer would be a mistake.

In

view of the Corona * pandemic,

Conte wants to

keep

ski areas

closed

until at least January 10th

.

The Italian regions also called for at least a transnational regulation.

If ski slopes were to be closed, this should apply to all of Europe

, said the President of the Veneto Region, Luca Zaia, in an interview with the newspaper

"Corriere della Sera"

(Tuesday).

Corona: ski areas closed until January 10th?

- "If the EU wants that, it has to pay for it"

Austria

, which has been emphasizing for months that it wants to open the ski areas with appropriate precautions at all costs, reacted on Tuesday with vehement rejection.

The country is currently in a "hard lockdown".

“If the EU actually stipulates that the ski resorts must remain closed, then that means costs of up to two billion euros.

If the EU really wants that, then it has to pay for it, ”

said Austria's Finance Minister

Gernot Blümel

on Tuesday.

Coronavirus in Austria: "If ski areas have to remain closed ..."

“In

Austria

, we set up a revenue substitute in the shortest possible time for all those areas that we officially closed.

If ski areas have to remain closed, then the EU has to provide compensation for skiing outages, ”demanded Blümel.

If they are closed for three weeks, the Austrian ski resorts alone are expected to lose sales of 2.4 billion euros.

80 percent revenue replacement, as received by

closed companies

in

Austria

because of the

corona pandemic

, means payments of around 2 billion euros, his ministry justified the bill.

Meanwhile, a doctor sharply criticized the Merkel government's measures during the corona pandemic.

* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network (dpa / mbr)

List of rubric lists: © picture alliance / Sven Hoppe / dpa

Source: merkur

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