In the Pentecost holiday is due to start in Bavaria, the tourism again. Among the usual safety provisions of lodging are allowed to open businesses again. Not all Hotels are expecting a rush. In Oberammergau, one has to contend with the aftermath of the passion of cancellation.

County holidays in their own country. For many Germans this is in the Corona-pandemic dominated the year 2020, the only way to relaxation, rest and relaxation – and a bit of a shindig. For the Hotels in the district, the hope is that tourists spend their holidays in the southern European countries in the Werdenfelser Land region and the Region is on the rise.

to be on Time to the start of the Whitsun holidays Hotels from 30. May receive under strict safety precautions to guests again. Just two and a half months, no one could be for tourism purposes, houses. Now for the restart. And yet everything is different.

Garmischer Hof and post hotel Mittenwald: Positive mood

The number of reservations varies greatly between Farms. Daniel sheen, Manager of the "Garmischer Hof", is enthusiastic: "We have received with Pentecost, many bookings. On the feast of corpus Christi we are busy almost completely.“

Also, the post hotel Mittenwald welcomes many guests to the reopening: "We are fully booked for the Whitsun holidays to two-thirds," says hotel Director Gudrun Rademacher.

Oberammergau: crash for the Hotel by the cancellation of the Passion

the situation is Different in Oberammergau. The municipality feels the cancellation of the passion play enormous. Björn Köppen, General Manager at Parkhotel Sonnenhof, Oberammergau: "By the cancellation, we crashed from a hundred to zero percent. All of our guests had booked due to the passion play.“ The second week of the holidays is attended with 25 guests, the better. For comparison: The Hotel has a capacity of about 100 tourists.

notable: Was the district far more for short trips, have booked a lot of tourists over Pentecost, a long-term stay.

Before the first tourists arrive at the weekend, had to everything related to the new hygiene requirements, like clockwork work. For the distance-to-compliance with the Breakfast and the houses have found their own ways. The Garmischer Hof is its guests into several groups, each with a private window, the "most important meal of the day" to take. In the Parkhotel Sonnenhof Oberammergau each room has its reserved table. The distances are maintained, must be less than 65 percent of the rooms occupied. And in the post-hotel Mittenwald, it can choose the guests, whether you want to take your Breakfast in your room or in the Breakfast room.

Buffet forbidden, more staff needed

Buffets in times of Corona? Prohibited. All meals are served à la carte. To be able to guests to use, and yet the distance rules, need the houses more Personal than usual. "We have this Saturday, with a semi full house just as much effort as with a fully loaded", is Gudrun Rademacher to bear in mind. Your staff has brought in for the month of June, all of the short-time work back. In the case of Björn, however, must remain due to lack of bookings 80 per cent of the workforce for the time being in short-time work Köppen in Oberammergau: "If only ten rooms are occupied, I need, well, hardly any staff." He hopes that the months of July and August bring improvement in the Form of guests.

Marco Blanco Ucles

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