Special case – foreign countries are envious of Switzerland – German tourists are drawn to the open ski areas

So far there has been no “Swiss Ischgl”, and the protection concepts in the mountains are working. A high-ranking CDU politician does not like the fact that more and more Germans are coming here on ski holidays. He made an appeal to his compatriots.

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It was a splendid weekend in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, one of the largest winter sports locations in Germany. “The weather was perfect, people came in droves,” says Matthias Stauch, head of the Zugspitzbahn cable car there, and sighs: “It would have been a very good deal.”