- Title: 203 AT COVID-19 Holiday homes
- Date: 4th April 2020
- Description:Austrian mayors try to ban second home owners from relocating over Easter to avoid spreading the virus The mayors in one of the most beautiful areas of Austria, the Salzkammergut - specifically in Altaussee, Bad Aussee, Grundlsee and Bad Mitterndorf, where many people from Vienna or Graz also have a second home wrote a rather unusual letter to the Styrian provincial government, where they demand a ban on entering their communities. They ask that second home owners should stay at home in Vienna, Graz or other big cities over Easter and their viruses should stay at home as well. Lockdown in the Salzkammergut - whether at Grundlsee, in Bad Aussee or in Altaussee - is in place.There is nobody in the alleys. The hotels are empty, the restaurants are closed. The second home owners, wherever they may come from, are unwanted in the Ausseerland during the coronavirus outbreak. "Security services" reported on the basis of car registration plates that an increasing number of second home owners were staying in Ausseerland. It is feared that in view of the Easter holidays, more people will come to the region. Conclusion: second home owners may either stay there - or stay away. The letter was not actually intended for the public, the mayor or Altaussee tried to appease. Shotlist - GVs Grundlsee municipality, lake and mountains - WS Street in town of Bad Aussee - WS Altaussee welcome sign - Empty promenade in Altaussee - WS Exterior empty hotel Altaussee - MS Sign of closed restaurant - WS People walking in the street - VS Viennese car in Altaussee parked near weekend home - VS Viennese cars - C/U Letter signed by four mayors from Ausseerland area, saying that private security had noticed on the basis of car registration plates that an increasing number of second home owners were staying in Ausseerland. That’s why they claimed to ban the crossing of municipal borders such as in Tyrol, so that the weekend home owners must decide if they want to spend the curfew time in their first home or in the secondary home. - WS houses - WS man walking - VOXPOP (German) unnamed man 1: "It is O.K. that the people here are worried, but for me it is not O.K. to divide those from here and those from there." - VOXPOP (German) unnamed man 2: “To let live those who come here in summer but ban them when a critical situation comes up is not very nice.” - VOXPOP (German) unnamed man 3: “I think that the control should be done by the police and not by private who feel empowered.” - VOXPOP (German) unnamed woman: “They can stay here but they have to behave in the same way as we behave for almost three weeks.” - WS Mayor of Altaussee crossing place in front of city hall - SOUNDBITE (German) Gerald Loitzl, Mayor Altaussee: “It was not well delivered or rather, we phrased it wrong, for which I apologize. This is not against second home owners who want to use their weekend homes, that’s absolutely comprehensive and we know that everybody has the right to do so." - WS lake and mountains - SOUNDBITE (German) Gerald Loitzl, Mayor Altaussee: “Constant commuting between two residences is contrary to the invention of the curfew.”
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:04/04/2020
- Decade: 2020s