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Bern (dpa) - Closing the ski areas this winter is not an issue for Switzerland.
"In Switzerland, the Federal Council, authorities and the tourism industry are convinced that the Swiss path - for the moment - is the right one and that the winter season can take place safely," said Markus Berger, spokesman for Switzerland Tourism, the German Press Agency on Thursday.
With a view to upcoming winter holidays, Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in favor of closing all ski areas in Europe.
"We will try in Europe to vote on whether we could close all ski areas," she said on Thursday.
According to Switzerland Tourism, the topic is not new.
"The approach of a Europe-wide coordinated operating time / season opening of winter sports destinations was informally discussed in the Alpine countries as early as late summer and was not pursued further as unsuitable," said Berger.
"We therefore assume that this approach will no longer be successful now either."
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German guests are by far the largest group of winter vacationers in Switzerland.
Of the 7.8 million guests in the 2018/2019 winter season, almost ten percent came from Germany.
The 2019/20 season was already affected by the coronavirus pandemic.