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In the CSU regional group there is resistance to the call by Bavaria's Prime Minister and party leader Markus Söder for a Europe-wide closure of ski areas by January.
He was against a general ski ban, said the tourism expert of the Union faction in the Bundestag, Paul Lehrieder, the "Augsburger Allgemeine".
"Nothing happens on the slopes," emphasized the Würzburg CSU member of the Bundestag.
In regions with low numbers of infections, skiing can be allowed with distance rules and hygiene measures - for example, when only one person sits in a double chairlift or skiers are tested for corona with a quick test, as at airports.
"Sport in the fresh air strengthens the immune system," said the CSU politician.
In Ischgl, too, the virus did not spread on the slopes last spring.
He would therefore understand the Austrian government if it opened the lifts now.
"Austria is even more dependent on winter tourism than Germany," Lehrieder told the newspaper.
In Bavaria, cable cars and ski lifts will initially be closed until December 20th.
Söder had made it clear that even then there was little prospect of loosening the requirements.
At the same time he urged other Alpine countries - including Austria and Switzerland - to follow the Bavarian example.
Similar initiatives came from Italy and France.
Austria, which is economically heavily dependent on winter tourism, intends to open its ski areas, and Switzerland has already done so in some places.
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