There is currently a lockdown in place in Tirol until 6 December. Hotels are closed to leisure travellers/tourists; only business travellers are allowed to stay in hotels.
Some of our buyers have legitimate excuses to travel for business or for the purpose of making an investment in a “gewerbliche Ferienwohnung” which supports Austria’s tourism industry.
The Federal Government has ordered over 7 million tests to try and screen the entire population at 100 testing stations across the country before Christmas.
SITE VISITS – REAL & VIRTUAL
- Kristall Spaces is still planning site visits in-person for buyers who are able to travel – observing all safety protocols
- It is easier for buyers based in Austria to do site visits right now but some buyers are able to cross from Germany for 24hours to do the site visit and then they go home
- Buyers from further afield can even fly into Munich airport to make a quick visit over the border before returning
- Virtual visits: we are also doing visits over video with our customers – we can make a video call from the finished apartments or the shell of the apartments in Fieberbrunn for example
- 3D tours: for finished apartments in Oetz, Sölden and St. Anton customers can walk around the last few apartments for sale (we have sold several apartments this way) e.g. https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=CnyP9pwmAEi
TESTING & SAFETY
- The total number of infections in Tirol is falling
- Most of the infections are in densely populated areas like Innsbruck – the valleys and ski resorts are not affected and, for example, there are 164 infections in the Bezirk of Landeck, the district which covers Ischgl and St. Anton
- Our hotel operating company can arrange COVID tests with local doctors and have the cost charged to the bill for the stay in our apartments https://www.apartments-oetztal.com/en/latest/
- The national testing programme will enable all the authorities to isolate infected people before Christmas
- Andreas Steibl, the Director of Tourism in Ischgl says more than €700,000 had been invested in their hygiene and protection plan which “goes far beyond the government’s measures”
- The Tirol state government and University of Innsbruck are monitoring Ischgl’s sewage works to identify any presence of the virus
- Disinfection of all cable cars takes place several times a day using special cold fogging devices: within 1 minute 99.99% of viruses, bacteria and spores are eliminated (the active ingredient does not leave behind residue and is 100% biodegradable, non-toxic, pH-neutral as well as skin- and eye-friendly)
- And a multifunctional scarf with a filtering face-piece comes free with the lift pass
WHERE TO SKI
- The ski slopes in Austria will not be closing
- Tourism Minister Elisabeth Köstinger (ÖVP) makes the point that the virus does not spread on the ski slopes but mainly in closed indoor areas: “Das Virus verbreitet sich nicht auf den Skipisten, sondern vor allem auch in geschlossenen Innenräumen”
- Ski lift openings: Oetz (11 Dec), Fieberbrunn (7 Dec), Ischgl (17 Dec), Leutasch cross-country started 20 November, Sölden (11 Dec) and St Anton (18 Dec)
Please contact us today to discuss your visit to Tirol.
