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May 23, 2020 Tourists from Germany and Switzerland will be able to cross Austria to reach Italy, according to the website of the Ministry of Interior of Vienna. Hermann Gahr, responsible for relations with South Tyrol of the popular party Oevp, also reiterates this: "That Austria prevents the passage of German tourists who want to reach South Tyrol is a fairy tale".The reopening of the borders between Austria and Germany is expected to start on June 15, also with Switzerland in June and with the other neighboring countries of Eastern Europe, with low rates of infection. In Germany, notices for travel abroad, the so-called depreciation, however, remain in effect until 14 June. The 'corridor' has basically been in place since the beginning of the coronavirus emergency, when the Germans with the lockdown returned to Germany.
In fact, at the Brenner the Austrian authorities carried out random checks to verify that the machine's tank was sufficiently full to travel the 120 kilometers that separate the Italian-Austrian crossing from the German border to Kufstein. Italy does not yet allow South Tyroleans to visit relatives in Austrian Tyrol (without quarantine on their return), while this is already possible from Tyrol to South Tyrol.