It was a historic moment when Vienna Mayor Michael Ludwig and owner Nora Lamak restarted the giant Ferris wheel in Vienna, sending an important message to the world that life in Vienna and its economic situation began with recovery.
The giant Ferris wheel, which Vienna takes as its logo and represents its beating heart in the tourism field, has not stopped spinning since the end of World War II, but due to the outbreak of the new Corona pandemic, it was stopped in mid-March 2020 for the first time in 75 years. However, the expected day arrived on Friday, May 29, 2020 at 12 o'clock when Nora Lamak, whose family had managed the Ferris wheel for generations, along with the mayor of Vienna, Michael Ludwig, pressed the power button again, bringing life to the symbol of the most vital city after 75 days after stopping. And the day before the operation of the giant Ferris wheel was performed by a concert hosted by musicians living in Vienna, who contributed to spreading a message of music that calls for optimism and hope through an event that was broadcast live across the virtual world. A special platform was created for this purpose in one of the elevated wheel compartments, and the musicians used it to direct their music salute to the virtual world from high altitude.
Vienna's stores and museums have also returned to doing business during the past days or weeks, in addition to that, residence and entertainment facilities reopened their doors on May 29, 2020.
It is reported that during 2019, 135,000 visitors from the GCC countries spent 325,000 overnight stays in Vienna hotels. It is scheduled this summer that the Arab Gulf states will be reconnected with Austria through Emirates Airlines flights between Dubai and Vienna scheduled on July 1, 2020. Passengers through Vienna Airport will be able to undergo the biomolecular biomolecular test / Covid 19 and its abbreviation «PCR» ( PCR) to check for infection of the new corona virus, where the test result appears within about three hours.
I sent a musical greeting to the virtual world from a high rise.