The open ski areas in Austria seem to tempt foreign tourists to come up with more and more imaginative ideas to circumvent the ban on accommodation.
In fact, there has been a ban on tourist accommodation in Austria for some time.
The government does not plan to open restaurants and hotels before mid-March *.
Nevertheless, some ski fans from abroad seem to have found opportunities to stay in hostels - under a bold pretext.
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In St. Anton, an Austrian village in the Tyrolean Alps, Mayor Helmut Mall complains about
obvious lockdown breakers
, as
reported by
derstandard.at
.
Dozens of young Scandinavians and British had lodged themselves in hostels in the village under a bold pretext.
“Renting out hotel rooms would not be allowed.
Unfortunately, there are a few companies in the village that give them accommodation by
registering a second home
there
and pretending to be here to look for work
.
Instead, he assumes that the young people came
to party and ski
.
Unlike in Germany, the ski areas in Austria are open, but they are more intended for locals to use.
With registration and quarantine regulations, day trippers are made more difficult to travel to and stay.
The mayor in St. Anton
lacks the means
to take action against this practice.
That's why he counts on the police and the district administration to put an end to the matter.
Mall is annoyed by the ruthlessness of the tourists, but also of the hoteliers who play the game: "The buck sticks to us again, although the vast majority adheres to the regulations."
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But even in the Zillertal, not everyone seems to adhere to the applicable travel restrictions, as
derstandard.at
further reports.
Accordingly, locals discovered
numerous German license plates among the day visitors
in the ski areas
.
Both the mayor and the district captain had already admitted that many
owners of recreational homes
would
circumvent the regulations
.
On the part of the state, however, it is said that the Corona measures in the Zillertal have been checked "proactively and sometimes several times a day" since the ski lifts opened.
In doing so, "no noteworthy violations" were found.
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Creativity was also shown by a hotel in the Bregenz Forest and the surrounding ski area: these were quickly
redefined
as a
club house and “club with sports academy and health institute”
.
The vacation should now turn into participation in a research project.
The Bregenz district authority is aware of the case and it has already been explained to the operators that such club structures would not change the mandatory Corona measures, according to
derstandard.at
.
However, closing the hotel is only the last possible remedy.
In Jochberg in Kitzbühel, on the other hand, young people from Great Britain, Estonia, Ireland, Iceland, Spain and the Netherlands take the opportunity to
take part
in a
ski instructor course
in order to be allowed to enter for professional reasons.
However, the course could not take place.
According to British media reports, the group is said to have made a permanent party out of their stay.
According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine (FAZ), 17 people are said to have been infected with the corona virus.
(fk) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.
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