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Austria to allow Christmas skiing but many restrictions stay

by Geir MoulsonPhilipp Jenne
| December 2, 2020 6:30 AM

VIENNA (AP) — Austria will allow skiing to start on Dec. 24, but will limit the capacity of ski lifts and keep restaurants, bars and hotels largely closed until early January, officials said Wednesday. It also will require many people entering the country over the Christmas period to go into quarantine.

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