The second peripheral district is proof of this thesis Tyrol. In structurally weak Reutte The situation behind the Fernpass is even more relaxed than in East Tyrol. So far only 55 corona cases have been counted.
Urban sprawl and tourism that manages without masses characterize both regions. Obviously an advantage in times of the epidemic. “I hope that this is now a sign of not just concentrating politically on the metropolitan areas and letting them continue to grow,” says Blanik.
In Salzburg districts with gentle tourism also stand out with significantly lower numbers of cases. Both the Tennengau in the south of the state capital and the remote one Lungau have significantly lower numbers of sick people than Pongau and Pinzgau, both in absolute terms and in relation to the population.
The two major tourist regions each had well over 300 sufferers – but the Tennengau only 66, the Lungau even 22. Manfred Sampl, President of the Regional Association Lungau, do not believe that this is a coincidence. “We are sparsely populated, there is a lot of space for few people,” he says, and also names gentle tourism as an advantage.
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