"Soul of the communities"
ÖVP wants to support village inns with package
A few weeks before the national elections, the ÖVP has presented the tourism chapter of its "Austria Plan". In addition to a "pub package", which is intended to support village inns in particular, the People's Party wants to simplify procedures for obtaining the Red-White-Red Card, especially for workers from Western Balkan countries.
The plans were presented by State Secretary for Tourism Susanne Kraus-Winkler (ÖVP) at a press conference on Monday. "The inns are the soul of the communities," said Kurt Egger (ÖVP), Secretary General of the Wirtschaftsbund, explaining the demands for restaurants.
Calls for relaxation for successors to inns
He called for the abolition of the obligation to provide receipts of less than 30 euros and a "simplification of individual bureaucratic hurdles". Furthermore, the problem of finding successors for guesthouses should be tackled by relaxing the requirements.
Egger also reiterated the tax exemption for overtime demanded by the ÖVP, which is also important in tourism. "Working in old age" after reaching the standard retirement age should also be made easier. "All those who want to work more or work longer have one thing in common: they do so when it pays off financially," said the Wirtschaftsbund Secretary General.
Maximum process duration of three days for job applicants
There should also be simplifications for workers from abroad, who make up the majority in the tourism industry. "An employee who applies for a job in Austria today from a third country must know within a very short time whether they have a chance of getting the job," demanded Kraus-Winkler. There should be a maximum processing time of 72 hours, otherwise these people would be lost to other countries.
"Low-threshold red-white-red card" called for
There should be a "low-threshold red-white-red card" for workers from the Western Balkan states. However, seasonal employment should only be opened up to third-country nationals "if it can be proven that there are no local workers available", said Kraus-Winkler.
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