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In Seefeld bietet der Tourismusverband noch bis morgen seinen deutschen Gästen an, sich kostenlos testen zu lassen.
© Thomas Boehm / TT
Innsbruck – In front of the short-notice projection station installed in Skialm on the Rosshütte mountain railways in Seefeld, a long queue formed on Saturday morning. Food is provided, hot tea and snacks are served. The tourism association (TVB) Seefelder Plateau offers its German guests a free crown test until Monday.
According to TVB managing director Elias Walser, there are currently around 3,000 tourists from Germany in the five communities on the plateau. “We have a responsibility not only to our employees, but also to our guests,” Walser explains. “Like TVB, you can invest in advertising or something like that.” Anyone who can get tested receives a result within 24 to 48 hours. Yesterday, 1000 tourists were tested with the gurgling method and another 1200 people have registered for today.
“Summer has shown that we are responsible hosts”
The German travel advisory for Tyrol issued on Friday caused shocks in domestic tourism. “This travel advisory is a clear mandate for Tyrolean and Tyrolean tourism to continue to do everything possible to contain the coronavirus,” says Florian Phleps, Managing Director of Tirol Werbung. The health of the locals, employees and guests is a top priority. “Travel advisories are always unpleasant because they lead to early departures, canceled vacation rentals and a significant drop in demand. Such a move from Germany is a massive blow to our industry, because more than 50 percent of our overnight stays come from German guests, ”said Phleps.
“This summer, without a cluster in tourism, has shown that we act as responsible hosts. We must constantly continue on this path and do everything possible to reduce the number of infections as quickly as possible. Only in this way is it possible to withdraw travel warnings ”. At the time of the travel advisory, around 40,000 German guests were in Tyrol.
“Better in fall than winter”
For the president of the Tyrolean Tourism Association (TTV), Josef Falkner from Sölden, the travel warning through Germany is a little surprise: “We were afraid of that. But I think winter is different. If we have already received cancellations for this week, we are very well booked in winter. Better a travel warning now in the fall than in the winter. We will also manage an opening of the World Cup without spectators, but then we must be prepared for Christmas and offer the guest a sense of security. “
Jürgen Parth (Hotel Post in Sautens) hat kein Problem damit, eine Woche früher zuzusperren.
© Parth
“No guest left here in a hurry,” says Jürgen Parth of the Bikergasthof Hotel Post in Sautens: “The summer season was better than feared. Decibel driving bans did us more harm than Corona. New guests from Austria, as well as regular guests for years, made a solid summer possible. So it doesn’t matter if it closes a week early in the fall. “
Area 47 Managing Director Chris Schnöller is also calm: “I cannot serve with photographs of mass exits. A travel warning is a slap in the face for the whole of Tyrol, but shortly before the end of the summer season there is no panic here. “
“More drastic measures would have been necessary a month ago”
In the Zillertal you can also observe the events of the last days with the eyes of an eagle. The Stock Resort in Finkenberg, for example, reacted immediately to the travel advisory. “On Friday night, we informed all of our guests internally and via email that we were offering them free PCR tests,” says hotelier Josef Stock. The tests were carried out for the first time in the completely full house yesterday Saturday. “150 guests took the test and received the test result by SMS within 24 hours,” explains Stock. The tests, which are evaluated in a laboratory, will in future be offered three times a week at the Stock Resort.
Im Stock Resort in Finkenberg hofft man, dass sich Stornierungen in Grenzen halten.
© Stock Resort
“PCR testing costs us money, of course, but if guests stay or come back as a result, we’ve already won.” Stock is mostly upset about the travel warning because the curfew was brought forward at 10pm to avoid this. The hotelier believes that a month ago more drastic measures would have been needed to avoid this scenario.
November was well booked at first, but the gaps in the room plan are now widening. However, according to Stock, there are still questions that the bottom line is that the cancellations have yet to take place to the initially feared extent.
Nothing changes at the borders
Germany’s current travel advisory against Tyrol due to Covid-19 numbers in the country does not change the border traffic regulation. This means that the borders between Bavaria and Tyrol remain open and no health checks of any kind are carried out on the German side. Participants are responsible for complying with Germany’s Covid restrictions on Tyrol. On the contrary, the well-known procedure of internal Schengen controls in Germany will continue. This explains the press office of the Southwest Swabian Police Headquarters.
A local inspection on Saturday afternoon at the Füssen border tunnel confirmed the statements. On the German side (as is often the case), traffic was diverted from the A7 motorway directly after the tunnel and vehicles had to pass through a police checkpoint at a pass. At most, every 50 vehicles were checked, according to Schengen aspects. Cars with car numbers from countries with migration problems had a higher probability of being perlustrated. “We know our Pappenheimers,” said a Bavarian police officer. Tyrolean RE numbers, however, ran smoothly.
Also in the Ausserfern region, all well-known hotels and tourist associations now offer PCR tests for all guests. (np, mw, top, ad, hm)
