After the cancellations of the British skiers, the rapid degradation of the sanitary situation in the Alps nights at the organization and atmosphere in the stations.
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The tragedy of mountain stations in the era of Covid-19, here it is: the skier flourished in winter, the virus too. This conjunction implies that when the snow falls, the positive cases also, especially if tourists flock by the oceanted powder. Thus, the optimism that prevailed in the stations at the beginning of December is gently transformed into a panic wind, since here are overwhelmed by CVIV-19 cases and the related constraints.
“It does not go terrible, summarizes Daniel van den Heuvel, representative of the hoteliers-restorers of the two Savoie. We knew it would come back, but there is a general lassitude.” The delegate of the Union of Trades and of the hotel industries (UMIH) makes the bright chronicle of a situation that derails: COVID-19 cases that multiply in the staff, forcing restaurateurs to ensure only one service on two or the hoteliers to Close floors; disputes with recalcitrant health rules, or between customers; The hotels emptied by British, prohibited to come skiing in France; Closed nightclubs.
“We were sure to do a beautiful season, because the guests wanted, and Patatras! For the moment, the season is well compromised and the morale is in the socks. This week, there are people, but Monday, it’s over! “Ordestically fueled by foreign tour operators and business seminars, the month of January should be quieter than usual.
blackened balance sheet
The balance sheet is gladly blackened by the prospect of negotiating new government aids, claimed by local parliamentarians in alarmist letters. In Morzine-Avoriaz (Haute-Savoie), a popular station of the British, the Mayor, Fabien Trombert, estimates that half of the professionals were able to “fall back on their legs” by attracting last minute French visitors. Those who suffer the most are the after-ski bars and restaurants, popular with the young British clientele. If Christmas week was animated in the station, the New Year’s station is “very, very quiet. It’s upsetting”.
The mornings of the town hall begin with a medical point: how many employees on the flank? How many cases contacts? Both savoie experience the highest incidence outside the Paris region – more than 1,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants – with a frank case acceleration since mid-December and a rate of positivity around 10%. The occupation of the resuscitation beds on the territory oscillated, on 29 December, between 93 and 97%. This strong circulation of the virus also has an impact on the life of the stations.
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