Lower Austria’s ski areas drew a positive balance at the end of the Christmas holidays. Attention: A new corona rule will apply from Tuesday.
Lower Austria’s ski areas drew a positive balance at the end of the Christmas holidays. Since the beginning of the winter season up to and including Sunday, more than 160,000 guest entries are expected to be reached, Jochen Danninger (VP) said in a broadcast. In those ski areas in which the state-owned ecoplus Alpin is involved, over 125,000 entries were recorded during this period. New corona rules will apply from Tuesday, it was informed.
Guest admissions fell by around 20 percent
“Compared to the winter seasons before Corona, the guest admissions have so far decreased by around 20 percent, the revenue is around ten percent lower. and group tariffs are granted “, stated ecoplus Alpin managing director Markus Redl. From December 24th to January 6th, the number of admissions was around 71,000, which was below the previous year’s season, when almost 80,000 were recorded. In the run-up to Christmas, however, an increase of around 23 percent was registered. The holdings of ecoplus Alpin include the Hochkar mountain railways, Ötscher lifts, Annaberger lifts, Erlebnisalm Mönichkirchen and the St. Corona am Wechsel adventure arena.
General FFP2 mask duty
It was pointed out that new Corona rules will come into force in ski areas from January 11th: There is a general FFP2 mask requirement when using the cable cars (regardless of whether it is a closed or open vehicle) or in queuing areas – wherever a two-meter minimum distance cannot always be maintained.
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