People will once again be able to travel between Bavaria in Germany and Austria to visit friends or relatives or go cross-border shopping from Wednesday, May 12th.
The news was announced by Bavaria's Minister Markus Söder during a visit by Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz to Munich on Tuesday.
The opening will occur one week before tourism is due to open up in both Bavaria and Austria.
In Austria, hotels and restaurants will open on May 19th, while Bavaria will open up tourism on May 21st. The seven-day incidences of both regions are promising, Austria's was less than 100 on Tuesday, while Bavaria 's stands at 116.
Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said the border region between Austria and Bavaria was "interwoven unlike hardly any other region in Europe", and said he was looking forward to the borders opening again.
Die Grenzregion zwischen Österreich & Bayern ist verwoben wie kaum eine andere Region in Europa. Leider hat aber diese Region im letzten Jahr besonders unter den Auswirkungen der Pandemie gelitten. pic.twitter.com/C3mrko4oXB
— Sebastian Kurz (@sebastiankurz) May 11, 2021
Bavaria Minister Markus Söder said tourism in Austria would be possible for Germans from the Whitsun holidays, providing the emergency brake was not needed.
He said Bavaria and Austria were "close friends and partners", who had both been "badly affected" by the coronavirus pandemic, concluding that both countries were now "on a long home stretch".
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