Warning of Economic Consequences Due to Rising Infection Rates

Lifestyle & TravelHealth ♦ Published: September 15, 2020; 14:15 ♦ (Vindobona)

Austria's Minister for Tourism Köstinger and Minister for Economic Affairs Schramböck emphasize the importance of low Covid-19 infection numbers for the tourism and trade sector. They fear that a rise in numbers endangers Austria's important autumn and Christmas business.

Tourism Minister Köstinger (left) and Minister for Economic Affairs Schramböck (right) warn of the impact that increasing Covid-19 numbers will have on tourism and trade. / Picture: © Bundeskanzleramt (BKA) / Andy Wenzel

Austria's Tourism Minister Elisabeth Köstinger and Minister for Economic Affairs Margarete Schramböck spoke with an urgent warning about the economic consequences of rising infection figures:

"It must be possible to reduce infection figures quickly, otherwise city and winter tourism will be just as massively endangered as trade," said Köstinger and Schramböck. …