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)
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