The Porta Nigra in Trier, almost, the Gutenberg-Museum in Mainz closed, and no excursion boats on the Rhine and Mosel: For the tourism in Rhineland-Palatinate, the last weeks of the Corona-crisis were orphaned horror. This is shown in the Figures. But things are looking up – literally: The cable car in Koblenz and departs again. The topics of the day at a Glance:
TOURISM – Sensitive losses, the tourism enterprises in Rhineland-Palatinate, in the Corona-crisis. As the Statistical office announced in Bad Ems on Friday, broke the numbers of guests in March of this year, compared to the same month last year to 63 percent. The number of overnight Stays in the country and a Minus of 53 percent. Since the 17th century. March had been banned in Rhineland-Palatinate tourist Nights. In total, nearly 240 000 customers booked in March 2020, in Rhineland-Palatinate, approximately 707 000 Nights.
national PARK Five years after the opening of the national Park Hunsrück-Hochwald introduced Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarland, an App for visiting the vast area. For this purpose, a map application, the friends of nature shows, where they are located, as the path runs, and where there is the next opportunity to Stop heard. The national Park App, a digital companion, “which makes it possible for during Corona-contact restrictions, to experience nature and learn Wilderness”, declared at the Start of the App, the heads of government of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Malu Dreyer (SPD) and Tobias Hans (CDU).
NEW FIGURES – After a somewhat stronger increase in the first half of the week the increase in the Corona has weakened infections in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany up to Friday. The number of confirmed cases rose to four, or 0.1 percent, at 6672 (as of 10: 00 a.m.), as the Ministry of health announced. On Wednesday, there was still a slightly stronger growth of 0.7 per cent – probably due to a number of cases in a refugee accommodation in Mainz.
INDUSTRY In the Corona-crisis, the demand for the Rhineland-Palatinate industry goods. As the Statistical office announced in Bad Ems on Friday, the price-, calendar – and seasonally adjusted new orders index in March of this year by 1.6 per cent month-on-month. Responsible for the Minus of the decline in orders from abroad (minus 5.9 percent), therefore, is. The orders from the domestic market increased in this period by 5.8 per cent.
MEETING – of The Rhineland-Palatinate Landtag paid for the two-day meeting in the Rheingoldhalle is a standard flat rate of 20 000 Euro net. The Landtag of the German press Agency said in Mainz. Will be financed from the state legislature budget. Because of the Corona, with the crisis in the Parliament have also saved money, because many events, such as visitors and students must be programs, discussions and readings.
CABLE car – After more than a two-month forced break due to the Corona Virus is launched on Friday, the Koblenz cable car again. “She travels in this and the next weekend and from 11. In June, on a daily basis,“ said the operator company Skyglide Event Deutschland GmbH. From downtown, it’s always between 10.00 and 19.00 on the Rhine up to the ehrenbreitstein fortress. In the gondolas, each of a maximum of twelve hikers are allowed to enter. You need to wear masks. This is also available for two euros to the coffers.
dpa
