In Tyrolean tourism, it is apparently boiling because of the closing time in hotels and restaurants, which has been brought forward to 10 p.m. black Tourism specialist therefore practice sharp criticism – not of their own party leadership, which supported the decision, but of the Green Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein. However Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) is also called to the duty: “I appeal to the Federal Chancellor to seek talks with the Green Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein so that he can refrain from this regulation”, said the tourism chairman in the Tyrolean Chamber of Commerce and ÖVP- LAbg. Mario Gerber in an interview with APA.
Sharp criticism
As an exception, the curfew should be raised to 11 p.m. and set to 1 a.m. on New Year’s Eve. Although this is anything but optimal, it is still acceptable. Mückstein is putting “existences at risk” with the current regulation, according to Gerber, who spoke of a dramatic situation “for hotels and restaurateurs. The curfew in the hotel industry in particular is” crazy “. Nobody understands this – especially not them Guests, criticized the black one Tourism specialist and spoke of a “disaster”. There are already “many departures” across Tyrol, for example to neighboring South Tyrol or Bavaria, and angry vacationers.
Tirol’s black Chamber of Commerce President Christoph Walser also spoke in the same direction to ORF Tirol: “In a hotel, people have already been vaccinated three times, have recovered or come with a PCR test. They are allowed to stay in the hotel all day long Use the sauna and the wellness area, have lunch there – and then you have to go to your room at 10 p.m. That no longer makes sense. Also demonstrations by the Tyroleans Tourism specialist because of the curfew were in the room, reported the ORF. First of all, I would also have a conversation with Governor Günther Platter (ÖVP). After the federal-state summit, the latter also did not agree with the curfew regulation.
Sharp criticism of the virologist: “mockery”
The turquoise-green federal government had tightened the curfew regulation on the recommendation of the Gecko committee. Meanwhile, a statement by the virologist Monika Redlberger-Fritz Gerber was more than angry. This had meant that the curfew regulation had almost no influence on the number of illnesses, but at least a sign would be set “to show that the pandemic is not over”. “This is an absolute mockery,” said Gerber, who is a hotelier himself. Obviously, you decide on things that you yourself know will not do anything and thereby jeopardize livelihoods. At the same time, parties would be held everywhere in the private sector – especially on New Year’s Eve – while the hotel and catering industry, with their comprehensive protective measures, would be left out in the rain.
The new tightening for travelers from virus variant areas, on the other hand, is “grudgingly noted”, said the tourism chairman: “Because health and safety are clearly the top priority.”
According to Gerber, the tourist situation a few days before the turn of the year is rather modest in the state. Regions with a high proportion of British and Dutch guests such as the rear Ötztal, St. Anton am Arlberg or parts of the Zillertal would only be 30 to 40 percent the pre-Corona occupancy rate. Wherever German holidaymakers are strongly represented, they come up to around 80 percent. Above all, the booking situation after the holidays in January is a cause for concern – because then many families would also be absent.
In the meantime, the NEOS also demanded that the “meaningless curfew regulation for New Year’s Eve” be corrected and that the catering establishments should be able to keep them open until 1.00 o’clock. The pink counted on the main committee of the National Council on Thursday, like their judicial spokesman, the Tyrolean Abg. Johannes Margreiter announced in a broadcast. “Controlled and registered gatherings in catering establishments in accordance with the applicable hygiene and safety rules are certainly better suited to counteracting the spread of the Omikron variant than countless parties in the private sector,” said Margreiter, who caused a tremendous rumor among the population and restaurateurs and hoteliers located.
Source: Nachrichten
