In Lower Saxony, stricter corona rules have been in effect since December 1, 2021. 2G plus is effective in many areas. What does this mean for gastronomy? Knock out or fight?
Hanover – The stricter 2G-plus regulation in Lower Saxony now also affects the hospitality industry in the northern federal state. The corona measure applies to the catering trade as well as to overnight stays and causes uncertainty within an entire guild. The basic tenor: “2G plus is opposite 2G again a difficulty ”, as Rainer Balke put it in relation to the dpa.
The managing director of the German Hotel and Restaurant Association (Dehoga) in Lower Saxony sees many problems facing the industry.
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2G plus in Lower Saxony: What restaurateurs and hoteliers have to be prepared for now
After all, it is questionable whether vaccinated and recovered guests are willing to have a corona test carried out in a café or restaurant before visiting. In addition, it cannot be foreseen whether the test capacities that are being set up again will be sufficient for regular tests.
And many companies simply lack the staff to offer their own tests in front of the bars. Background: In large parts of Lower Saxonyaffecting public life, since Wednesday, December 1, 2021, it is no longer enough to be vaccinated or recovered.
Anyone who checks into the interiors of pubs, cafés or restaurants or for overnight stays in accommodations also needs the said negative corona test. Only children and young people under the age of 18 are exempt from this. A tricky position for any party who subscribes to the pandemic measures under the new corona regulation in Lower Saxony must submit.
“Lockdown through the back door”: the 2G-plus rule in Lower Saxony brings the catering industry to its knees
According to Balke, many Christmas parties in restaurants have already been canceled because implementation according to the 2G rule would not have been possible. Well where In Lower Saxony the corona rules are tightened again and 2G plus takes effect, it is to be expected that the remaining bookings will be canceled.
Because in fact, with the tightened regulation, a “Lockdown through the back door ”. “We just have to see how many companies really do in view of this radically evaporated sales it economically still consider it sensible to leave it open, ”says Lower Saxony’s Dehoga boss Rainer Balke. Some companies are already looking into whether it would be better to close temporarily.
The day-to-day business of many companies is also being lost: 2G plus in Lower Saxony leads to massive losses in sales
An aspect that must not be ignored: the 2G-plus regulation in Lower Saxony is now also losing the day-to-day business of many companies. This is the opinion of the Wilhelmshaven restaurateur Olaf Stamsen to the dpa.
We’ll go out to eat a plate of gyros or a fish fillet again in the evening – this is completely omitted because the effort involved in testing is too great.
In the district of Friesland, where the 2G-plus rule has been in place for a few days longer, the restaurants have already recorded a drop in sales of 60 percent. “The colleagues with 2G plus are sitting in empty shops,” says Stamsen. In general, many hosts on the North Sea coast are who similar to how retailers were hoping for good Christmas sales, unsettled in view of the rampant lack of prospects.
Longing for normalcy greater than pandemic frustration? “As a connoisseur you also accept that”
“We have to somehow find a way that we at least end up at 2G again, all together,” Stamsen speaks on behalf of an entire industry. But how this path should look like, nobody really knows how to outline. And yet there are also restaurateurs and hoteliers who practice cautious optimism – despite 2G plus and hardly any predictability for the next few months.
“If you are a connoisseur, you also accept that,” says Pasan Milisic to the dpa. The Hanoverian restaurateur is also assuming that 2G plus will temporarily reduce the number of guests. But many also long for a bit of normalcy – and with it the willingness to present negative test evidence.
Hotelier from Bispingen sees opportunity in 2G plus in Lower Saxony: “We can’t travel any safer”
And also in the Lüneburg Heath, the overnight stays see the Tightening of the corona rules in Lower Saxony fundamentally as an opportunity. Because before a short vacation, both vaccinated and convalescent people could prepare well for a test. This is the opinion of Björn Bohlen, Managing Director of the Stimbekhof near Bispingen.
“This is quite a limitation for gastronomy, but I prepare myself differently for a vacation,” says Bohlen. He even advocates the 2G-plus regulation in Lower Saxony, because: “We cannot travel more safely, that would make us a safer place”. But he worries that there is still too little Test centers in Lower Saxony give.
The opinion of an entire industry that entertains and accommodates guests with regard to the 2G-plus rule in Lower Saxony – it could hardly be more different. The immediate future of the pandemic will show whether restaurateurs and hoteliers are threatened by the stricter rules of the Corona-Ko – or a faint glimmer of hope will at least partially illuminate the dark valley called a lack of prospects. * Kreiszeitung.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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