French Government Says February Ski Lifts Opening “Highly Improbable” (1 Viewer)

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The French Prime Minister has confirmed that ski areas will not open at the start of February – the latest date they had given as a possible opening date after previous January potential season start dates had passed.


No new target date has been given but Tourism Minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne is quoted as saying that “reopening in mid- or late-February seems highly improbable.”

February is a peak period in the French ski season with resorts normally full during the school holiday period. With virus case numbers still high and the policy to close ski slopes during Christmas and New Year designed to limit virus transmission, it seemed unlikely therefore that French centres would open in February.

French ski resorts are open and offering lots of activities, but the ski lifts are not allowed to operate. Restaurants are also closed and there is currently a curfew, most resorts report business down between 70 and 90%.

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(Alpe d’Huez this month)

Elsewhere in Europe the German and Italian governments have confirmed in the past week they won’t allow ski areas to open until at least mid-February. Ski areas in Andorra and Austria are open but only to local people. Austria has recently announced it is not reopening to ski tourism until at least February 8th and like France says in reality it will most likely be March at the earliest. Switzerland remains open for ski tourism.
 
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We don't ski, but is Switzerland doing things differently? How come they are so open? Does covid not affect them so much?
Switzerland was not in the EU so not governed by the rules, this upset the other countries and called for a united ban on all Ski resorts. Some brits booked into hotels but left when second wave outbreak become apparent. I do believe they only allow locals to convene on ski slopes.
All the main ski slopes are open but not ski lifts.
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It seems like these couldn't get into Switzerland despite being booked on an instructors course so they have now made themselves unpopular in France

 

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