Tyrol as a risk area: tourists are allowed to visit the country on a daily basis - but there is one exception

The neighboring federal state from Austria, Tyrol, has been a corona risk area since Friday.

Many vacationers made the decision of the RKI completely suddenly.

• The classification as a risk area hits the Austrian state hard.

• The Corona * numbers are well below the limit in many areas.

• Excursions for 48 hours are now possible without consequences until mid-October - with a catch.

Update from October 2nd:

Good news for day trippers, hikers or commuters.

Short trips to

should be allowed until October 18th.

This was decided by the

in its

Ordinance yesterday (October 1), reports br.de.

It is therefore said that

a trip to

possible

for a maximum duration of

without a negative

or

.

Only a week ago, the Austrian state was

declared

a

area

by the

.

There is only one catch, however.

Visits to

such as

or

remain taboo even during the two days of visiting time.

Meanwhile, the number of

in

falling

again.

Therefore, the region around the border town was

downgraded from orange (high risk) to yellow (moderate risk)

at the

.

Most recently, the

in

below the decisive mark of 50 cases of infection per 100,000 inhabitants.

For the entire state it was 49.6.

According to risk area classification: Many Bavarians suddenly leave Tyrol - "a catastrophe"

Update from September 30th:

The Austrian federal states of Vorarlberg and Tyrol have been

almost a week

.

With the travel warning there was a

.

If nothing changes, massive problems threaten in winter.

Economic experts warn of

.

“We really need the German market.

A

with travel warning can not take place, "the tourism official said in Tyrol Economic Chamber (WKO), Mario Gerber, the German press agency.

“There are departures in all destinations, in all businesses, everywhere,” says Vorarlberg's WÖK tourism spokesman Markus Kengele.

“There are places that have zero infected people, and yet the guests leave.

That's actually the

"

Corona in Austria: dilemma for Tyrol and Vorarlberg after travel warning

The

travel warning poses a dilemma

for both

.

Nobody wants to belittle the

after the mass infections in the Tyrolean

.

But the infections that bring the numbers to the seven-day average of over 50 infections per 100,000 inhabitants, which is critical for Germany, are currently hardly taking place in rural regions.

Even

in parts of Tyrol, which no cases were registered, told him about 50 percent cancellations, said Gerber.

"This is a very heavy blow for us."

Germans make up a large part of the holidaymakers in the two federal states that

border

.

According to the Chamber of Commerce, every third euro in Tyrol is earned directly or indirectly from tourism.

In the 2018/20191 winter season, half of all visitors to Tyrol came from Germany, a third of them directly across the border from Bavaria.

Corona in Austria: "In winter we notice an extreme demand, but no bookings"

In both countries it is now hoped that the

will recover to such an extent that the travel warning

could fall again

in time for the

.

“In winter we notice an extreme demand, but no bookings.

The guests call and find out more, but the

bookings are not made because there is too much uncertainty, ”said Gerber, describing the situation in

For Vorarlberg, Kegler has already reported

He hopes that the measures will have an effect - both the security concept planned by the state for the winter and the

curfew of 10 p.m. introduced

in Vorarlberg,

.

In fact, according to the state government, the seven-day average of infections in Vorarlberg has been below the decisive value of 50 infections per 100,000 inhabitants since Monday.

In Tyrol, too, the number of active cases fell slightly compared to a week ago, where around 500 people were considered to be actively ill.

According to risk area classification: Many Bavarians suddenly leave Tyrol - "a catastrophe"

Initial report of 27 September: Kiefersfelden / Innsbruck

- crisis mood in

, uncertainty in

- after the

(RKI) on Friday evening, the Austrian state as

panelist, there is a difficult emotional situation for tourists and hosts, as also for employees and students who commute between the two countries.

There are long queues at the Corona test stations in Tyrol

After the classification, noticeable

began.

On Saturday morning it jammed in front of the

on the Inntal motorway A 93 at the Heuberg rest area;

The

busy

yesterday, Sunday

.

Because those who

enter

from

now have to go into the

, unless they have a negative

.

Many parts of Tyrol are marked with yellow and orange on the Corona traffic light *.

The

has provided for

exceptions

for a few days: They apply to people who are no longer than 48 hours in the

have stopped.

However, the stay must not have been for a festival, cultural, sporting or leisure event.

This protects commuters between

and

,

for example

, but this explanation remains vague for day-trippers in the mountains. 

For the tourism industry in Tyrol, the classification as a risk area is a "hard blow"

The

Tyrolean President of the Chamber of Commerce, Christoph Walser, called the classification, known

in

as a

, “a disaster”;

experts speak of a "hard blow".

It is pure numbers that made the institute act.

The

evaluates according to the

value

*.

The

district

had only 44 infected per 100,000 inhabitants last week, the

district

34. In

, a municipality that borders the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district *, there are currently zero cases.

But in the

district

the value is 149. The city is now referred to as a

.

In order to

contain

the

, there is now a

at 10 p.m.

in the

.

Hajo Gruber, Mayor of

(UW), spoke yesterday about the

in his place.

“And are the

still allowed to visit us, for shopping?” He asks.

And immediately replies: “You don't know anything exactly.” 

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