Travel plans

Mountains and sea in demand among top candidates

Mario Leiter has already returned from his vacation in Italy.(Bild: ZVG)

It's not just the National Council elections this fall. As you know, elections will also be held in Vorarlberg at the end of October. Is there any time left for a vacation? And if so, where are the top candidates of the five state parliamentary parties traveling to this summer? 

ÖVP leader Markus Wallner has not planned any long trips this summer. He will be spending a few days in the mountains with his family. Wallner - members of the government organized a tour of Mont Blanc for his 50th birthday a few years ago - is considered an experienced mountain enthusiast who loves to travel in the Alps. Of course, he will always be available, provided there is a functioning cell phone network, according to the governor's office.

Claudia Gamon, Chairwoman of the Vorarlberg NEOS, is also an enthusiastic mountaineer and has already explored the heights around her home community of Schwarzenberg extensively. Together with her husband and child, she will spend a few days in the Nenzing sky after the festival to hike and recharge her batteries for the election campaign.

Christof Bitschi, party chairman of the Vorarlberg FPÖ, has already returned from his vacation. Together with his wife Julia and his young son, he spent a few days on the Spanish vacation island of Mallorca. From now on, there will only be one topic on the agenda for the blue party leader - the state election campaign!

To the sea in Italy
The same applies to SPÖ party leader Mario Leiter. He returned from vacation last week. As he has done for around 30 years, the Italy fan spent a few days on the beach in Jesolo with his wife Beate this summer.

Daniel Zadra is also drawn to "Bella Italia" by the sea. The festival will be followed by one last government meeting next week before he and his wife and children go camping on the Italian coast.

Camping is also the order of the day for Zadra's party colleague Eva Hammerer and her loved ones. In the Ardèche region (around two hours away from Montpellier), the program includes hiking, swimming, canoeing and canyoning.