Winter vacation: Do hotels on the Baltic Sea have to close due to the energy crisis?
Created: 10/23/2022, 12:00 p.m
By: Jasmine Farah
The energy crisis is also affecting the hotel industry.
They are also encouraged to save gas and electricity in winter.
There are even threats of closures.
Save, save, save: This is what politicians are asking citizens of this country to do.
After all, winter is just around the corner.
Especially since some energy suppliers have already increased their gas and electricity prices.
Now the hotels on the Baltic Sea are also affected.
In a very cold winter, these could even be threatened with closure.
Winter vacation: Do hotels on the Baltic Sea have to close due to the energy crisis?
However, that would be a financial setback, even if it is only temporary, says the German Hotel and Restaurant Association.
He sees this as an existential threat to many accommodation providers on the Baltic Sea, reports the
editorial network Germany
.
If prices continue to rise sharply, hardly any hotels can be operated on the islands, let alone swimming pools or saunas, and holidaymakers will stay away.
It could be quieter than usual on the Baltic Sea this winter.
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However, companies should already prepare themselves comprehensively for a possible emergency: “Everyone has a different way of getting energy.
Whether gas, electricity, oil or photovoltaic systems - all are equipped differently," says Michael Raffelt, chairman of the Usedom Hotel Association, to the
Ostsee Zeitung
.
Others want to use the forced break for renovation work, such as Rolf Seelige-Steinhoff, head of the Seetelhotels on Usedom.
For this reason, he has already announced temporary closures in some places for the cold season.
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In addition, the gas price brake, which the traffic light coalition has announced for the coming year, is viewed critically by the hotel industry: "Currently, a gas price cap is only planned from March, which in principle will not help us at all, since the heating season is now ahead of us." However, the Chancellor is considering Olaf Scholz (64, SPD) recently started earlier in January.
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After all, the off-season in winter is already the hardest time of the year for many hotels.
At this time there are usually fewer guests and the hoteliers take less.
Only Christmas parties and overnight stays at Christmas time and on New Year's Eve are individual events in which you can make profits.
However, since the corona incidences are increasing again in many places, these could also disappear.
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"At the same time, people will probably keep their money tighter together this year - and even more so in January when everyone gets their bills sent," says Lars Schwarz, President of the regional industry association Dehoga MV.
With serious consequences: It could be that some companies would then have to lay off staff, which is why protest actions have already been announced in Rostock under the motto "A turning point in tourism".
With the demand for a regulation for short-time work allowance due to the increased energy costs.
However, whether these will have an effect remains to be seen in the future.
