Austria issues travel warning for Israel, bans apres ski parties

Winter sports-mad Austria announces a ban on apres-ski parties, which were blamed for creating coronavirus hotspots earlier this year, and issues travel warnings for Israel, Paris, Prague and other destinations, but removes Sweden, Australia, Japan and others from the list.

Even as infections are rapidly rising again in the Alpine country, authorities are adamant that Austria’s world-famous ski resorts — which generate a huge amount of tourist revenue — will still open in the coming winter season.

Thousands of tourists from all over the world became infected at tightly-packed ski-slope bars around early March.

— AFP