Ex-hotspot Ischgl starts skiing season: sun, snow and hardly any guests

Ischgl still suffers from the image of March 2020 as a corona hotspot - and has taken strict safety precautions.The cabins of the Silvrettasenbenbahn are disinfected twice a day.Only vaccinated and recovered.There are also police officers at the valley station, they check the evidence of random.opinion

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Even before the originally 25.November planned and postponed due to the Lockdown season, the municipality had issued a ban on alcohol in public places.There should also be no party mood in the parking lots.

Ex-Hotspot Ischgl startet Skisaison: Sonne, Schnee und kaum Gäste

The extensive ski arena up to Samnaun in Switzerland regularly attracted an international audience with almost 240 kilometers of slopes before pandemic - the place is now increasing in sports and nature."We have a wonderful ski area, we have excellent gastronomy and a wonderful nature," says Mayor Werner Kurz.

Mostly only locals on the slopes

"We are all happy.Life has us again, "says Maritta from Ischgl.Another guest is from st.Anton came - "Because everything is closed with us".Some Germans also started early in the morning for skiing day.A couple from Bavaria is at 5.Broken up at home, around 8.The two are at the lift: "It is worth it" - even for one day only for one day.They were not allowed to spend the night.To at least 12.December will be closed in Austria because of the nationwide lockdown.Fact check

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Even if Ischgl itself had only a handful of Corona cases: the seven-day incidence in Austria was last around 780, in Tyrol at around 950.Germany classified Austria as a high -risk area and pronounced a travel warning.Switzerland has also been a high risk area since Friday.

For Germans, this means that those who are not completely vaccinated or recover must be quarantined for ten days when they return and can free themselves with a negative test after five days at the earliest.The new worrying virus variant Omikron makes the season even more imponderable."In the long run, it is clear that this cannot be economical," says Günther Zangerl, board member of the Silvrettasenbahn.

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So far, only the ski area on the Zugspitze had opened in Germany.On Friday, the ski operation started in Oberstdorf in Allgäu and on the Feldberg in the Black Forest - Am Feldberg with 2G rule.In Bavaria and thus at the Zugspitze and in Oberstdorf, however, 2G plus applies.Vucked or recovered must also present a negative test.