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Kick-off for mandatory masks in Carinthian tourism hotspots

The start of the mask requirement on the promenade and the lake promenade was completely unspectacular on Friday evening in Velden am Wörthersee. The tourist resort was exceptionally well attended, with security staff distributing free masks at the ends of the meeting zone. The holidaymakers only partially followed the guidelines.

There are comparatively few people on the lake promenade on a wonderfully warm summer evening. A family man looks nervously at the clock, face masks in hand, and announces to his children: “We still have eleven minutes.” The son asks whether he also has to wear a mask, which the papa affirms, after all, the offspring is about ten years old. Some of the walkers, especially older semesters, put on their mouth and nose protection before 9 p.m.

On the main street, where some owners of expensive sports cars demonstrate the quality of their exhaust systems, as can otherwise be heard at the GTI meeting in Reifnitz, people are relaxed about the new restriction. An older man says with a smile to a dog owner: “Yes, but your dog is not wearing a mask.” and amuses himself the most about his gag. People are licking ice cream in front of an ice cream parlor, of course without a protective mask. A police patrol passes at walking pace, the officers are watching, but for the time being make no move to intervene in the violation of the obligation to wear a mask. Mayor Ferdinand Vouk comes over and exhorts a passer-by to put on the face mask, he does so with a smile.

On to Pörtschach: there is also a mask requirement on Monte Carlo Square. This Friday evening, however, nobody violates it, because there are no people outside the restaurant. There are only a few tourists on the sidewalks on the main street. It gets even quieter in Krumpendorf. There the mask requirement was imposed in front of a well-known dance hall at the train station, the “Tenne”. Perhaps it is still too early in the evening, there are five people in front of the restaurant who have gone out to smoke and guess they are not wearing masks either.

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