During the first wave of infections last season, some ski centres became breeding grounds for the coronavirus, accelerating its spread across Europe.
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, which has few resorts but many skiers who flock to other countries, agrees. She admits, however, that striking a deal will be difficult given resistance from Austria, a skiing hotspot. Swiss resorts, meanwhile, have started opening and do not plan to close, despite a relatively high number of deaths nationally related to the coronavirus.
Austria depends heavily on tourism from Germany, which currently requires anyone arriving from Austria to go into quarantine. Conte has threatened similar measures for Italians visiting Austria to ski. With social distancing rules reducing capacity in those places, and fewer visitors overall, the season will be a shadow of previous ones.
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