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No health pass for ski lifts in Switzerland this winter

2021-10-19T14:28:54.236Z


Skiers can use the ski lifts wearing only a mask. Skiers will be able to use the ski lifts in Switzerland this winter without a health pass, on condition that they wear a mask as in public transport, the association of operators announced on Tuesday. Read alsoSki resorts open without health pass, at first " For the moment, no change will be introduced compared to the current protection rules for ski lifts ", underlines a press release published


Skiers will be able to use the ski lifts in Switzerland this winter without a health pass, on condition that they wear a mask as in public transport, the association of operators announced on Tuesday.

Read alsoSki resorts open without health pass, at first

"

For the moment, no change will be introduced compared to the current protection rules for ski lifts

", underlines a press release published during the general assembly of the association of ski lift operators, a key player in tourism in the Alpine country. .

Regarding binational ski areas, the control of certificates will not be the responsibility of Swiss resorts when the neighboring country requires the health pass, said the president of the association, Hans Wicki to the Keystone-ATS agency.

The same conditions as public transport

Switzerland, where the winter sports season starts around the end of November, shares ski areas with Austria and France, for example the “

Portes du Soleil

” or “

Jura sur Léman

”. Like last year, the ski lifts "

can start the winter season in the same conditions as public transport

", the press release said: wearing a mask is compulsory, ventilated cabins and distance inside the buildings.

Unlike France where the lifts had been closed all winter last year, Switzerland had let them operate normally despite a rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Association des Remontées Mécaniques Suisses did not fail to point out the important economic role that this had played last winter: “

Without the opening of the ski areas, Switzerland would have suffered an overall economic loss of around 6 billion. of Swiss francs

”.

Read alsoSki and sanitary pass: Austria, Switzerland, Italy ... What will our neighbors do this winter?

The resorts had nevertheless been affected by the difficulties encountered by certain foreign tourists to come and ski in Switzerland, generating an average loss of 24% in turnover for ski lifts according to the operators' estimate.

The association also promised to engage with other players in the sector in favor of anti-Covid vaccination, which remains at a lower level in Switzerland than among its big neighbors.

To try to convince the reluctant, the Federal Council will launch a major vaccination campaign from November 8 to 14.

Source: lefigaro

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