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To worry not only the operators, but also the hoteliers and restaurateurs: a season worth between 10 and 12 billion is at stake, and that in the three weeks that go from Christmas to Epiphany, he explains. Filippo Gerard, president of Adava Federalberghi Valle D’Aosta, gets 30 percent of the turnover: “
Christmas and New Years are the mainstay of the entire season, so missing the holidays means losing everything. The costs of the slopes, personnel, would not be sustainable if we opened on 8 or the end of January, taking into account that already in August we work lame, with a decrease of 20% ”.The interview
Conte closes to skiing, the mayor of Cortina: “Think of the government, Christmas is worth 30 percent of the annual turnover”
by Enrico Ferro
The prime minister, however, would like to avoid repeating at Christmas what already happened during the summer. A relaxation that sank the country in the middle of the second wave. But Ghezzi clarifies a point in this regard: “It is clear that if the country is closed, the emergency rooms are in trouble, the intensive care is full, we do not expect you to go skiing, because health comes first: if we do not go to restaurants not even to ski. We do not ask for a different treatment. But when the country reopens, in any way it reopens, skiing is not to demonize. ”Also because – he remembers – behind this world there are no rich Italians or foreigners who want to spend a ski vacation, but an industry that in total is worth 120,000 jobs. In the plant sector alone, there are 15,000, of which a third are permanent and 2/3 are qualified recurring seasonal workers, who run the risk of not having any protection like Naspi or Cig ”.
Whatever the decision, Gerard cuts short, at this point, however, it must be taken and communicated to the operators: “It is truly regrettable that we know from the newspapers or talk shows what our destiny will be. We cannot continue to postpone Decisions are taken day by day, without knowing what will happen tomorrow. Reservations are firm, also due to the uncertainty about the possibility of movement between the Regions. And in the Aosta Valley the question not only refers to the ski season but also to the welfare centers. We need a clear and definitive response from the government, and if we cannot open at this point, the expansion of the redundancy fund and the arrival of real compensation is essential, those that have come so far have only been palliative , covering at least 20% of the average of the collections of the last three seasons “.
A concern that also reaches those who work “in the field”, such as ski instructors. “The concern is great,” he explains. Maurizio Bonelli, president of the National Association of Ski Instructors. “We are talking about 15,000 instructors with their families but also about everything that revolves around this sector, such as secretaries or bus drivers. Closing the Epiphany means for us almost losing 40% of the season.” A sector that is also likely to be completely discovered by government protections: “We are self-employed, we do not have the right to layoffs. We only receive 600 euros for self-employed. As for soft drinks, they are based on the loss of turnover in April, when it ends. the season for us. “
