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Weather report and driver on Christmas Eve from the Hemsedal ski township and Christmas holidays: two degrees below zero, blue skies, calm winds, and a foot of fresh snow above the three feet that were already there.
It couldn’t be better at the start of the vital winter season, which begins around December 20.
Gold starts a normal year, but there are many things that are not normal in this Christmas wreath.
– He was called for quarantine violations
– I have not seen or heard of a single foreign tourist. There are several Danes and Swedes here, but they are working, says the director general of the Hemsedal Tourist Office, Richard Taraldsen, to Dagbladet.
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He has recorded a story from Denmark about a man who wanted to get back the money he and his family had already paid in February for the Christmas holidays in Hemsedal.
– It will go under the radar
The representative of the tour operator Dansk Bilferie is said to have replied that it is only for traveling to Hemsedal. There, the crown restrictions will go unnoticed anyway.
– You may need to contact Dansk Bilferie or other tour operators to clarify what they have said or meant. I can tell how tourism companies here welcome foreign guests, including Danish ones, says the head of the tourist office.
SNOW, BUT NOT FOREIGNERS: The winter season begins now. Photo: NTB.
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To cut a long story: Like other Norwegian tourism companies, Hemsedal players inform newly arrived guests about Norwegian national measures. Before that, all foreigners must present a corona test within 72 hours before crossing a Norwegian border. And document that they have an approved place to live during the ten-day quarantine period. This quarantine is mandatory even if the crowning test is negative. Among the quarantine measures is a ban on going to ski resorts.
60 percent foreigners
Foreign guests typically account for 60 percent of the visit, some 400,000 business guest nights in the winter season through May 1.
40 per cent of each of the foreigners are Danish and Swedish. The last 20 percent of foreign guests at Hemsedal tend to be from the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, and Russia.
– We noticed great interest, both directly and on social media, from people who would like to come here when restrictions are relaxed. Many reservations from foreign guests are still pending. The cancellation limit is 21 days, says general manager Richard Taraldsen of the Hemsedal Tourism Office.
7500 rental beds in Hemsedal are managed by professional reservation. In addition, there are 2,500 private cabins.
