Despite corona lockdown: numerous day trippers in the Oberland - "The people don't have the money"

Dream weather in late autumn attracted many city dwellers to the countryside, lakes and mountains at the weekend.

Landlords try to earn a little with snacks-to-go.

• Many innkeepers and hut owners have had a poor season so far.

• Despite many day trippers, Corona * is clouding business.

• Many restaurateurs are now hoping for the winter season.

Update, November 17, 7:33 a.m

.: The Oberland is experiencing the biggest rush of day-trippers in a long time.

The mayor of Garmisch-Partenkirchen is now calling for a general ban.

Original article from November 16: Munich

- Full parking lots and hiking trails - after it

got nice and warm again

in the

, sun-seekers stormed the surrounding area.

The

to the

and sold their meals outside the home.

That worked partly well, for example at

(Starnberg district) at the Augustiner lido.

"It's going really well for us, people keep their distance and eat on blankets they've brought with them by the lake," says boss Pamela Weiß.

Corona and tourism: landlords make the best of the situation

Spinach dumplings, pumpkin dumplings, Kaiserschmarrn, schnitzel and game platter, all this and much more was available on the weekends with hostess Elisabeth Kümmerle at Berggasthof Kogl on the

(Rosenheim district).

She bought packaging made from sugar cane to take away. “I definitely didn't want to

sell

and

here on the mountain,” she says.

But as tasty as all the take-

sound, she has

near as many servings sold than she

would have served

in this

.

There are 100 seats inside, 80 on the terrace. "If everything were normal, we would be full," says the 48-year-old landlady, who is the third generation to run the inn.

Your luck: The mountain road leads right in front of the house, and despite the

many hikers

came over

the weekend.

On the

other hand, it was empty

on the

, as the mountain railways are at a standstill.

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There were numerous walkers and hikers on the Ilkahöhe near Tutzing.

© Ulrich Wagner

The

owners

after this

is very mixed, summarizes the

(DAV): First of

all,

the late start of the season due to the

restrictions

in March and April.

Then the opening with

concepts that could not be easily implemented in the mostly narrow huts.

In addition, the day trippers were careful - and thrifty.

"You can tell that people lack the money, they consume less," says Hermann Iser from the

Since no one was allowed to stay overnight with him, he ended the season in mid-October this year.

“Hopefully next summer will be better,” he says.

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With this he speaks from the soul of many hut owners: This year the

often only allowed to use around 25 percent of their accommodation capacities.

"If three out of four beds have to remain empty, it will

not be possible to

keep the

in the long term," warns Roland Stierle,

.

In

any case, the

prospects for the

are bleak.

The

are only open for emergencies, not for tourist overnight stays.

What happens to the

is open.

“It remains exciting,” says Marcus Votteler, landlord of the

.

Winter is usually the main season for him.

Now he hopes that the number of

decrease and appeals to the hikers

to adhere

to the

: "Groups of 20 mountain hikers - that just doesn't work at the moment."

A 21-year-old had to spend the night in the Berchtesgaden Alps and was then spectacularly rescued the next day.

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