“Anyone who thinks that guests who have been on vacation together for days and have already spent several hours in the restaurant on New Year’s Eve would not be infected or go to sleep after January 22nd,” Reitterer recommends a “reality check”.
The industry is already experiencing a wave of cancellations, also because the entry requirements for virus variant areas have been tightened. There is a risk of massive losses in sales. Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein should consider “whether he will leave the ministerial office and hand it over to someone else who could certainly do it better,” said the WKÖ chairman of gastronomy, Mario Pulker.
According to Statistics Austria, the start of the winter season has so far been well below the pre-crisis level: 38 percent fewer overnight stays in November than in 2019.
Source: Nachrichten
