Lockdown in Austria: measures make vacation until December impossible

Austria has now finally decided on the corona lockdown.

This means that travel is next to impossible until the beginning of December.

What to watch out for.

Austria shutdown equates to a holiday ban: stricter regulations until December

Update from November 16

: As expected, Austria has tightened the corona measures.

After the number of infections did not decrease significantly despite the partial lockdown, which has been in place since November 3rd, Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced the

on Saturday

.

The following rules apply

:

• Hotels and lodging establishments are closed to tourists - they may only be used in exceptional cases, especially for professional purposes.

• Catering establishments remain closed - food can be picked up between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m.

  Delivery service is possible all day.

• A minimum distance of one meter from other people who do not belong to your own household must be maintained in the entire public space.

  In public, closed rooms, the minimum distance and a mask requirement applies.

• In public transport, the minimum distance and the mask requirement apply.

  Cable cars, gondolas and lifts are closed for leisure purposes.

• There is a curfew from midnight to midnight

  .

  The only exceptions are coverage of the necessary basic needs of daily life, official or judicial appointments that cannot be postponed, averting an immediate danger to life, limb and property, professional purposes as well as individual sports or walks.

The tightened lockdown regulations apply up to and

- the curfew until November 26th, as it can only be decided for ten days at a time.

For travelers, however, these measures mean that a vacation is next to impossible.

Although there is no official ban on day trips across the border, the curfew and the closure of all recreational facilities make a trip as good as impossible and also not recommended.

The ski season is also likely to be postponed to a date after December 6th due to the stricter regulations.

Austria is extending the lockdown: further tightened measures threaten

November 12, 2020 Updated on

: The "Lockdown light", which in Austria

.

applies, makes vacation as good as impossible.

Accommodation establishments must remain closed to tourists, as must all bars, restaurants and pubs.

Food can only be picked up.

An additional measure - namely the curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. - should only

.

Now, however, the main committee of the National Council has an extension of the curfew until November 22nd

agreed.

An exit restriction can only be decided on for ten days at a time in Austria.

The apartment may only be left for five reasons during the curfew: To ward off danger to life, limb and property, for professional reasons, to cover the necessary basic needs, to look after and care for those in need and for sports or walks outdoors.

The extension of the curfew is related to the number of corona cases in Austria.

Although stricter measures have been in place since November 3rd, the number of infections has not decreased noticeably.

According to the portal heute.at, 7,514 new corona cases were counted on Wednesday alone.

That is why there is already speculation about even stricter measures, which the Austrian government could order and which should make

: For example, the closure of retail stores and schools as well as tightened border controls.

Whether it actually comes to that, however, should be decided in the next few days.

Austria in lockdown: which rules currently apply to travelers

Original message from November 3

: Austria - like Germany - is struggling with massively increasing corona numbers.

That is why stricter corona measures have been in place since November 3rd - tourism is again severely restricted here.

The lockdown makes vacation in Austria practically impossible.

Lockdown in Austria: tourists are not allowed in hostels

The “

” * has been in

in Germany since November 2nd

.

Numerous leisure activities, restaurants and hotel accommodations must remain closed.

Tourist accommodation offers are prohibited for a period of four weeks.

Austria has now also oriented itself to these regulations.

Means:

, only business travelers can be admitted.

That makes planned trips to the neighboring country almost impossible.

If you still want to visit friends in Austria or spend a day there without staying overnight, you can theoretically do so because the borders are still open.

However, the tightened measures limit the possibilities enormously.

:

• Hotels and tourist accommodation are closed to tourists.

• Restaurants are closed - food can be picked up between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m.

• Pubs, bars and nightspots are closed.

• Events such as cultural events, sporting events, wedding celebrations, birthday parties or Christmas markets are prohibited.

• A maximum of six people (+ six children) from two households are allowed to meet in public spaces.

• Exit lock at night between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.

The exit restriction in Austria initially applies up to and including November 12th - the other measures up to November 30th.

Also interesting

Austria vacation despite Corona: These regulations apply to the return journey

The Foreign Office currently issues a travel warning for Austria - with the exception of the Jungholz community in Tyrol and the Kleinwalsertal / Mittelberg community in Vorarlberg.

When you return to Germany from a corona risk area, you must therefore

adhere

to the current

.

Until November 8th, these are as follows: You must be tested for the coronavirus a maximum of 48 hours before entering Germany or a maximum of 72 hours afterwards.

A 14-day quarantine applies until a negative test result is obtained.

From

new regulations will apply: When you return from a risk area, you have to be in quarantine for ten days.

This can only be shortened by submitting a negative corona test, which was taken five days after arrival at the earliest.

Can I cancel my vacation in Austria free of charge?

As the ADAC informs, it is important for a

that the

.

A travel warning from the Federal Foreign Office is a strong indicator that you can cancel your vacation in Austria free of charge - especially for package tours.

Point this out when you cancel your vacation.

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: Holiday ban in Germany: Everything about cancellations, day trips and trips abroad.

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