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Ignore restrictions and rules
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Young Swedes have fun in the Alps, despite the closure and restrictions.
Now the mayor of St. Anton in Austria has had enough.
– Since Christmas, 10 to 15 young foreigners have flocked here every day, says Helmut Mall.
It started with ski and après-ski trips. Then the infection spread rapidly in Sweden. Just a year after the start of the pandemic, history repeats itself. Also this year, young Swedes go to ski resorts in Europe, despite restrictions and closures. And after the runs on the slopes, they go home and celebrate together, as if nothing happened.
It has come so far that the mayor of Sankt Anton, Helmut Mall, now complains about the situation to Danish radio DR.
Photo: DANIEL OHLSSON
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Partying instead of working
According to him, hordes of young Swedish, Danish and British people flock to the ski resort to, as they say, apply for seasonal work. But instead of working, they soon find themselves on the ski slopes and at various après-ski parties.
– We constantly find current images on social networks, where 30 to 40 young people illegally party, says Helmut Mall.
Austria has detected several cases of mutations in the sars-cov2 virus and locals are concerned that young people will increase the spread.
However, Helmut Mall says there is little it can do to evict young skiers. Free movement applies and there is no general deterrence by the Swedish authorities against travel within the EU.
Photo: Kerstin Joensson / TT NEWS AGENCY
Holes in quarantine
Austria has a population of just under 9 million and the country has reported 7,700 deaths and 413,000 infections during the pandemic.
The country is in its third national shutdown since December 26. And after the closing, the crown figures have gone in the right direction.
Ski tourists have been discouraged from going to the country with strict quarantine rules.
But in recent weeks, the Austrian authorities have been able to observe how skiers have become increasingly imaginative in their attempts to find loopholes. The gaps are often related to work or training in Tyrol, writes the Swede Yle.
Hotels are closed to the common tourist but are open to business travelers and people participating in ski instructor courses, for example, and these opportunities have been exploited.
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