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Prices increased significantly this year
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Ski ticket prices increased by an average of 3.5 to 3.8 percent this year. (PICTURE SYMBOL)
Published: October 07, 2020 9:47 am
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This year, several ski areas rely on refunds of season tickets in the event of a new blockage. For season ticket holders whose fun on the slopes ended abruptly in March, there is sometimes a bonus. Ski areas in Austria have been selling passes since the end of September, this time with nicknames such as “risk-free”, “Covid-Payback-Guarantee” or “CoronaBonus”, “Salzburger Nachrichten” reported Wednesday.
Season passes and multi-day passes are gaining popularity, among other things due to the extremely high prices of one-day passes, this year up to 59 euros in high season. According to “SN”, the Salzburger Skiverbund Ski amadé sold around 53,000 season tickets in winter 2019/20, a new record. Another record year is unrealistic this year, but the season could be more attractive to locals and domestic guests due to the lack of an international audience.
Ski tickets: prices increased significantly
Ski ticket prices increased by an average 3.5 to 3.8 percent this year, which is well above current inflation. No additional costs were included for Corona’s measures, emphasizes the managing director of the cable car operators of the Chamber of Commerce, Erik Wolf, in front of the newspaper. In the previous year, the anticipated closing of the season represented an estimated loss of 200 million euros in sales, “and nobody knows what will come this year.” The mood among cable car users is currently “cautiously positive,” says Wolf. But it is also clear that “with the number of skiers in Austria we will not be able to fill a possibly huge gap in international markets”.
(Those: APA)
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