Travel advice: 6 of Austria’s 9 states ‘orange’, the Weissensee in a ‘yellow’ region

The travel advisories for Austria are following one another at pace. Two thirds of the Austrian states are now ‘orange’. The area for your skating holiday is still yellow, meaning travel is responsible.

Austria came through the summer excellently as a temporarily responsible holiday destination. More and more other countries were given a national negative advisory. Croatia, for instance, and eventually Spain.

But at the start of astronomical autumn the orange advance began in Austria too.

A timeline of the travel advice

• On 22 September the cities of Vienna, also a state, and Innsbruck were the first to lose their ‘yellow status’.
• On 13 October the states of Tyrol, Vorarlberg and Lower Austria (Niederösterreich) followed.
• On 21 October (last Wednesday) two more states were added: Upper Austria (Oberösterreich) and Salzburg.

That brings the total number of orange states to six. Austria has nine.

Coronavirus in Austria: the travel advice per state

• ORANGE | Vienna (Wien); Salzburg; Lower Austria (Niederösterreich); Tyrol, Vorarlberg and Upper Austria (Oberösterreich)
• YELLOW | Burgenland, Carinthia (Kärnten) and Styria (Steiermark) plus the Tyrolean exclave of East Tyrol

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs attributes the negative advisory to the rise in corona infections in those states.

Tourist travel is advised against; only essential travel can go ahead. Once again the ministry points out that the situation in yellow areas can change suddenly.

The Weissensee in a ‘yellow’ region

A sun holiday in 2020 was, on the whole, advised against early on. Now attention turns to the skating holiday of January 2021.

Happily the destination for your skating trip is still in a ‘yellow’ region. The Weissensee comes under Carinthia. And the Austrian authorities have given their agreement for the skating event.

The route there does now run through orange territory, Salzburg. Drive straight through as much as you can is the watchword.

Enter the 2021 Alternative Dutch 11-City Tour or not?

In autumn skating enthusiasts are already thinking of winter. Because in January the Alternative Dutch 11-City Tour is on the programme again.

Naturally there is always a risk that the 2021 edition will be cancelled. On COVID-19 Carinthia still counts among the ‘safe havens’ for now, but infections can rise there too.

Scenarios such as entry and exit bans are real.

• You may be wondering: should I enteror not? As long as the ministry considers the skating trip responsible, we say: do it.
• You can cancel free of charge before 1 December. Until then travel and lifestyle platform dionvacation monitors the travel advisories.

That way you can still take a final decision shortly beforehand.