{"id":1051187,"date":"2021-11-24T08:43:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T13:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1051187"},"modified":"2021-11-24T08:43:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T13:43:48","slug":"rules-for-thee-not-for-ski-austrian-slopes-avoid-lockdown-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rules-for-thee-not-for-ski-austrian-slopes-avoid-lockdown-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules For Thee, Not for Ski: Austrian Slopes Avoid Lockdown Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frules-for-thee-not-for-ski-austrian-slopes-avoid-lockdown-restrictions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1051187&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1230288893-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Austrian ski slopes have been allowed to remain open while the rest of the country languishes under a 20-day lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>While Austria has entered into another national lockdown, forcing bars, restaurants, cinemas, pubs, gyms, and all non-essential shops to shut, ski resorts within the country will be allowed to continue welcoming elites to their slopes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Austrians have largely been confined to their homes since Monday, and are only allowed to leave to buy food and to exercise under the 20-day lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2021\/11\/22\/austrians-allowed-ski-despite-lockdown\/\">report<\/a> by&nbsp;<em>The Telegraph<\/em>, skiing is considered a recreational outdoor exercise, and as such slopes have been allowed to remain open.<\/p>\n<p>Ski lifts and cablecars have also been permitted to keep operating, as they have been defined as essential services. Austrian authorities have cited safety reasons for the decision, saying that the lifts are needed in order to prevent skiers from getting stuck on top of mountains.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>While slopes have managed to dodge the lockdown order, there have been new restrictions put in place that resorts will be legally forced to abide by.<\/p>\n<p>Only those who are vaccinated will be permitted to use the slopes, as well as the lifts, with unvaccinated to be refused access, which is perhaps unsurprising considering the government\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/19\/austria-unvaccinated-could-face-prison-as-country-locks-down-and-announces-vaccine-mandate\/\">announcement<\/a>&nbsp;vaccination will become mandatory from February 1st. Those who refuse the jab will be facing possible fines and even imprisonment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9775280898876\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Austria: Unvaccinated Could Face Prison as Country Locks Down and Govt Makes Vaccines COMPULSORY <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WMPcDzhJne\">https:\/\/t.co\/WMPcDzhJne<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1461728473160945669?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Enthusiast publication PlanetSKI&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/planetski.eu\/2021\/11\/21\/austria-goes-into-lockdown-with-ski-resorts-closed\/\">reported<\/a> that passengers will be required to wear FFP2 masks on both cable cars and gondolas.<\/p>\n<p>The slopes will also not be open for tourists, with hotels across the country shutting down during the latest lockdown.&nbsp;Bars and restaurants attached to resorts will also remain closed.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes around 20 months <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/austria-prosecutors-probe-coronavirus-outbreak-in-ski-resort\/\">after<\/a> an investigation was launched over possible negligence at an Austrian ski resort in the town of&nbsp;Ischgl. It was believed that the ski resort may have been one of the first epicentres of the Chinese coronavirus in Europe, with it being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/global-health\/science-and-disease\/uk-patient-zero-east-sussex-family-may-have-infected-coronavirus\/\">theorized<\/a> that the UK\u2019s first case originated from the resort.<\/p>\n<p>The government in Austria has a history of making interesting decisions around which businesses would be allowed to escape lockdown restrictions, notably allowing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/02\/10\/lockdown-europe-style-prostitutes-return-work-bars-kept-closed\/\">prostitutes<\/a> to operate in February, while bars and nightclubs remained closed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.5838926174497\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lockdown Europe Style: Prostitutes Return to Work, Bars Kept Closed <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mK8PXfO9Wq\">https:\/\/t.co\/mK8PXfO9Wq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1359472184998043649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austrian ski slopes have been allowed to remain open while the rest of the country languishes under a 20-day lockdown. 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