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Rostock (dpa) - The managing director of the State Tourism Association of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Tobias Woitendorf, has proposed a north German special route if the interests of tourism are not sufficiently taken into account in the deliberations of the federal and state governments on Wednesday.
The background is the passage in the draft of the conference by Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) with the Prime Minister, in which opening steps, for example for restaurants, culture or hotels, are to be postponed to a later date.
“If that is so decided, there will be sheer horror.
That would be described as a catastrophe, »said Woitendorf of the German press agency.
It can be assumed that protests will then be organized.
As a consequence, together with Schleswig-Holstein - accompanied by scientific findings - an independent north German path in tourism could be embarked upon.
According to Woitendorf, the openings last year showed that tourism did not accelerate the infection rate.
Therefore, with a similarly good preparation, nothing could stand in the way of a gradual opening.
The Robert Koch Institute also confirmed last week that the hotel industry is not an infection driver.
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The Federal Association of the German Tourism Industry had previously criticized the “ongoing political blockade in matters of tourism, going out and traveling” as unacceptable.
Not wanting to deal with the topic of tourism until the end of March, in the worst case completely non-binding, would be a slap in the face of entrepreneurs and three million employees.
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