Cancellations in Austria,German tourism focus on South Tyrol
Families change destinations to avoid quarantine on return
17 November, 16:28You can break the isolation five days after a negative PCR swab.
As hotel-keeper and former MP Sepp Schellhorn told the ORF TV, "we are seeing a wave of cancellations." It's mainly families who want to avoid quarantine for their children and therefore move to South Tyrol, which - at least for the moment - is still a white zone. "The situation is tragic," the vice president of the Austrian hoteliers, Walther Veit, confirmed in the same radio broadcast. "During the Christmas holidays, our customers are mainly families," he said, launching an appeal to politics: "We are even willing to swab the children before they return," he explained. (ANSA).