Operators complain: "The problem is the constant testing"

The campsites have been open again since Pentecost Friday and some of them are fully booked on the long weekend after Ascension Day.

However, the operators are concerned about the high hygiene requirements, which deter some regular guests and restrict the operation of the restaurants.

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- Christoph Echtler, the owner of the "Terrassen-Camping am Richterbichl" in Rottenbuch, is not enthusiastic about the high level of politics.

“The ones upstairs cut your chunks,” he says of the regulations that are constantly being changed.

And those below would have to see how they cope with it.

It was only able to open again on Pentecost Friday after the lockdown and the weather was bad right at Pentecost.

On the other hand, things are going "quite well" again.

Almost all campers come from Germany, most of them from Baden-Württemberg

The 60 parking spaces for vacationers, which he has in addition to 40 permanent campers, were almost completely occupied at the beginning of the week, and “from Ascension Day it is fully booked”.

Almost all campers come from Germany, most of them from Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, which is due to international travel restrictions.

While the kiosk is “running normally”, the catering is limited to the outside area.

The sanitary area has also been reduced by half of its capacity due to the spacing.

But you can live with that, says Echtler.

People who are not vaccinated must have a rapid test every 48 hours

He sees a problem in the "constant testing".

The unvaccinated guests not only have to bring a negative test certificate, but also have to do another quick test every 48 hours in order to be able to stay on the pitch.

“And we are really poor”, he states with a view of Lechbruck in the Ostallgäu, where rapid tests are offered in the village, but in the Weilheim-Schongau district, the test stations are very few and far between.

His guests didn't necessarily want to spend their vacation driving to test stations far away.

Some guests canceled because the requirements were too high

"Some guests canceled because the conditions were too high for them," says Angelika Holzmann from "Via Claudia Camping" in Lechbruck.

Anyone who has not been vaccinated or recovered must be tested for Corona.

Nevertheless, the campsite is “pretty full” with its 800 spaces.

Foreign guests stay away

The deputy managing director sees reasons for this in the long weekend and in the fine weather.

Only the foreign guests who usually come from the Netherlands, France, Italy and Switzerland were absent.

In return, more campers “from all over Germany” came.

The interior of the restaurant is closed, food and drinks are available in the beer garden and to take away.

The hygiene regulations must be observed in the sanitary facilities.

The campsite in Seeshaupt is full

The campsite in Seeshaupt has also been open again since May 21 and is fully occupied with 126 caravans or mobile homes.

"Now there are only Germans", says the operator Julia Lederer.

The guests from the "surrounding countries" are missing.

“It's going relatively well,” says Manfred Fischer, the owner of “Ammertal Campground”.

Almost all of the almost 200 parking spaces on the near-natural site in Peißenberg are occupied over the long weekend.

The sanitary facilities and the restaurant are in operation in accordance with hygiene requirements.

According to Fischer, campers who come from all over Germany have no problem with the necessary rapid corona test, which they can also do under supervision on site.

ALFRED SCHUBERT

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