Salzburg hoteliers are now calling for the end of the coronavirus traffic light. You want to do away with the symbolism associated with it. According to the industry, the red traffic light leads to a wave of cancellations every time. At the same time, they are calling for the 2-G rule to be introduced more quickly, as most of the guests have been vaccinated.
29.10.2021 13.06
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This Thursday, the CoV traffic light in Salzburg will again shine deep red. With an incidence of well over 400, Salzburg is once again at the top of the number of infections across Austria. The red switch will not change anytime soon, which is why the Vice President of the Austrian Hoteliers Association (ÖHV) Walter Veit is calling for an end to the symbolic act of switching the traffic lights with a view to the approaching winter season.
Veit is also a hotelier in Obertauern (Pongau). “When the traffic light was switched to red, the cancellations were there immediately. The traffic light gives a completely wrong impression, because the situation in the tourist resorts is completely different and the hotels are completely safe places. We all know that the big clusters are created somewhere else, this is where politics has to intervene, ”said Veit.
Hoteliers are quick to call for the 2-G rule
The tourism industry is only concerned with the symbol of the traffic light, but not with the abolition of restrictions. Rather, they are calling for a faster changeover to the 2-G rule in order to be able to guarantee the guests as carefree skiing pleasure as possible in the winter season. We saw in the summer that 85 percent of our guests had already been vaccinated, “said the Vice President of the Austrian Hoteliers Association, Walter Veit. The governors from Salzburg, Tyrol and Vorarlberg deposited their wish to abolish the traffic lights on Friday at the Ministry of Health .
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