Travelling during COVID-19, And why you should wait.
COVID-19 has been a disaster for the travel industry. In a country like Austria, which sees tourism contribute almost 10% of GDP, the pandemic has been particularly devastating. Hotels, gastronomy, and tourist attractions have been closed now since late November. Shops did manage to open a little in the run-up to Christmas 2020, but were closed again in January, opened again in March, and closed again for April. So small retailers didn’t make it through the April lockdown and it’s likely that many hotels and gastronomy businesses will likely suffer the same fate.