A skier from Hungary died of multiple internal injuries after plunging off a descent in a Carinthian winter sports resort.The 38-year-old Sopron resident landed in a safety net after falling off a cliff at the Mölltaler glacier near Spittal an der Drau on Friday. Mountain rescuers who reached the site of the incident in […]
Tyrol has registered a strong increase of tourists from America.Tourism marketing officials in the western Austrian province said today (Weds) preliminary figures for the current skiing holiday period show that the number of overnight stays booked by people from the United States climbed by around 24 per cent compared to the previous winter.They added that […]
A 22-year-old skier from Sweden had a narrow escape after he was pulled down a hill by an avalanche yesterday (Sun).Authorities in Vorarlberg announced today that the man sustained no injuries when he was dragged down a 100-metre embankment by the snow in the incident. He was able to continue skiing down to the valley […]
A 57-year-old woman from Germany has sustained a knee injury in an unusual skiing accident.Authorities in Raggal, Vorarlberg, said today (Fri) the holidaymaker collided with a car as she was dragged up the hill by a tow lift in the winter sport resort of Pfifareute on Tuesday.Police explained the driver, 60, was careless when checking […]
An Upper Austrian skier is in intensive care after colliding with a Dutch holidaymaker yesterday (Tues).The 63-year-old from Ried im Innkreis was skiing down a slope in the Salzburg winter sport resort of Neukirchen when the 33-year-old man from the Netherlands crashed into him from behind.Witnesses claimed the Dutchman was going too fast. Local police […]
An extensive investment in facilities at the Katschberg ski resort in Salzburg is set to be completed this year with a further investment of 10 million euros to ensure all of the lifts are fast and modern.The latest investment which is set to begin in May with the replacement of the last of the old […]
More holidaymakers from abroad helped Austrian hotels to a slight increase of overnight stays so far this winter, new figures show.State agency Statistik Austria said today (Weds) that the number of overnight stays edged up by 0.8 per cent to 27.81 million between November and January compared to the same period of the previous winter […]
A skier from the United Kingdom who collided with an Austrian politician has claimed police treated him “like a criminal”.Andy Clough from Leeds did not sustain any injuries in the incident in the Schmittenhöhe ski resort, Salzburg, involving Peoples Party (ÖVP) Member of the European Parliament Othmar Karas last Monday.Karas, who fractured his lumber vertebra […]
By Kathryn Quinn Bad Gastein has long been a favourite amongst winter sports fans in the know. With stunning 360 mountain panoramas, over 220 kilometres of ski slopes and worlds class thermal spa resorts it is obvious why so many people flock to the Gastein region year after year.Nestled in Salzburgerland, in the shadow of […]
Austrias sporting goods retail sector achieved above-average growth last year, it has been announced.Branch officials said today (Fri) that the sector managed to increase its business activities by 3.3 per cent year on year. They underlined that the countrys retail sector grew by just 2.2 per cent at the same time.Experts said sport equipment shops […]