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Science me COVID-19, How to reconcile pandemics and business? In the government for the moment, the rigorous line seems to prevail: there is no opening until the contagion situation is back under control. On the other hand, however, the northern regions, from Veneto to Piedmont, Lombardy, to the Aosta Valley, are pushing to open the slopes as soon as possible, so as not to lose the important income from the Christmas and New Year holidays. The Conference of the Regions has already approved a plan with guidelines for the start-up of plants in safe conditions.
Lombardy is one of the most aggressive regions
“Keeping the ski resorts closed means derailing the mountain economy.” Davide Caparini and Massimo Sertori, Councilor for Budget and Mountain respectively, define the stop as a reckless and incomprehensible choice on the part of a disoriented government. And that is why they ask, in fact they ask “that it be canceled. Since mountain tourism employees have to plan the season – they explain in a note – we hope that the Government will review this incomprehensible decision. Perhaps in Rome – Caparini and Sertori pointed out in a statement – they have not yet understood that much of the country does not live on a guaranteed salary. While at Christmas there will be skiing in Switzerland, Austria and France, according to the government on this side of the Alps everything must be closed. The Regions – they recalled – have approved the guidelines for the use of lifts for amateur skiers with maximum safety. Protocols designed for different scenarios ». And that is why “given that mountain tourism workers have to plan the season – this is their conclusion – we hope that the Government will review this incomprehensible decision.”
The champion
“It is very important that the ski resorts open at Christmas, because it would be a positive sign for everyone. Otherwise, with the stations closed, the damage would be irreparable. Speaking to Ansa, Federica Brignone, from Milan, the last winner of the World Cup, takes a strong position in the day’s debate on the front of anti-covid measures.
Skiing safely, the Regions document
The document approved by the Regions provides for a well-defined set of rules. In the snow, in the yellow and orange zones, a mandatory surgical mask, better to keep it warmer under the neck, but with a 50% reduction in cable cars and gondolas compared to the maximum capacity, which is still 100% for chair lifts. But also the maximum limit of daily skipasses, online purchase of tickets to avoid queues and après ski allowed only with seats. Closed lifts in the red zones, however, for amateur skiers.
Distance of one meter
However, according to the draft, the guidelines establish that as long as “an interpersonal distancing of one meter is ensured in all phases prior to the transport” of tourists: “the distancing also applies to families, cohabitants and relatives”, with people who need accompaniment (such as children under one meter and 25, in the case of chair lifts) or assistance (for example, the blind).
Cableway
Strict measures to be respected also for those responsible for the lifts, who “must guarantee the organization and management of flows and queues, the application of measures to maintain distance”, also with signs indicating the regulations. The supervision of the fulfillment of the distancing measures must be guaranteed “by the public security authorities in conjunction with the local authorities, also with the collaboration of the Department of Civil Protection, the Firefighters, the Forestry Corps and the Alpine Rescue”.
After ski
The apresqui, and therefore the entertainment off the slopes with aperitifs and snacks, is “allowed only with seats that meet the standards already defined in the protocols of restoration and public establishments.” The document “suggests providing downstream information systems that communicate to tourists that accommodation at high altitudes may not be guaranteed where the maximum capacity of the premises has been reached.”
For the descent to the valley “in case of exceptional atmospheric events (such as electrical storms) and to avoid concentrations in the mountain stations, it is allowed to” use fully loaded vehicles “only” for the time strictly necessary “, always with” the use of the surgical mask, also possibly used appropriately by inserting it into instruments (such as a neck warmer band) that facilitate its usability. “
Limited ski passes
As for ski passes, it will be necessary to “limit the maximum number of daily tickets by introducing a maximum number of salable daily passes, determined according to the characteristics of the ski resort / area / area”. When buying the ticket, the user, explaining the guidelines, must “be considered responsible and informed (with the help of informative material published or available on the site, if the purchase is made online) about the state of their own health and the of their cohabitants or relatives (understood as people with whom they share confined spaces such as means of transport, hotel rooms, housing units, etc.), otherwise committing themselves not to use the promotion and reporting according to the procedures, the appearance of any symptoms. “
Zaia: ready to reopen safely
“With the presidents of the regions, today in videoconference, we have decided to approve the guidelines for the ski slopes,” said the president of the Veneto, Luca zaia. “It does not mean that we have scored a goal – he explains – let’s say that in a preventive way it seems absurd not to ‘prepare in stock’ the guidelines, because if they ever decide to open, we did them anyway”.
For winter skiing “we can find a balance, as is being done in other countries. It is a sport and can be practiced safely. Skiing could be allowed, leaving bars and restaurants closed. It is a path that we must take together with the Government ”, said the President of the Region. Piedmont, Alberto Cirio, to Rai News24. “As always,” he says, “we have to look for common sense solutions, check if there is the possibility of allowing ski activities to work while respecting health conditions as a priority.”
“Winter tourism – explains Cirio – is a fundamental part of the Piedmontese economy, the managers of the plant and the restaurateurs make half of their annual turnover during the Christmas holidays. We all want to experience Christmas, but if we think that we live it as summer, we are very wrong: we cannot afford a third wave and a third confinement ». “It is clear – Cirio concluded – that if the possibility of reopening is not given, certain and adequate refreshments will have to be paid to the companies and the victims.”
“Along with the rules approved today by the Conference of the Regions for the opening of the ski lifts, a plan will have to be prepared for a safe opening of the winter season”, asks the Aosta Valley to the government. We must reach a synthesis with the Government to guarantee the safety of skiers and operators and determine the best methods and schedules for the start of the season, based on the assumption that for regions such as Valle d’Aosta winter is one of the moments busiest in our entire economic system ”, explain the president of the Region Erik Lavevaz and the vice president, responsible for the ski lifts, Luigi Bertschy.
Marcucci
“The conditions exist to keep the ski slopes open with very strict restrictive regulations. I will work to create the conditions so that the tracks are open with safety standards, closing them would be a mistake. This was stated by the leader of the Democratic Party in the Senate Andrea Marcucci on the day of the sheep.
South Tyrol, cautious Kompatscher
As for South Tyrol, the Governor of South Tyrol, Arno Kompatscher, stressed yesterday that “it is still too early to talk about the ski season. We hope that this activity can also be restarted in January, but everything will depend on the epidemiological trend and our discipline in complying with the rules of distance, the use of a mask and hand hygiene, obviously also on the situation in the the rest. Italian regions and other European countries. Without tourists there can be no tourism ».
In South Tyrol, the restrictive measures will last until November 29, as required by ordinances. Starting Tuesday, early childhood services, kindergartens and elementary schools reopen with activities on site. «The primary objective is the reopening of face-to-face teaching activities. After November 29, we intend to reactivate certain economic activities, starting with those with lower risk, and then gradually in September December, if the epidemiological trend allows it, to reopen more and more activities ”.
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