Schwerin/Rostock (dpa/mv) - According to a survey, the 9-euro ticket has not affected the business of most tourism companies. More than three quarters of the companies stated that the discounted ticket was irrelevant to them, according to figures published on Wednesday by the Mecklenburg-Western Pomeranian State Tourism Association.
"The ticket has its additional effects, especially in local transport. In terms of tourism, there is a need to catch up on lines, intervals and frequencies," said the state's tourism officer, Tobias Woitendorf. The existing connections to the tourist regions were already heavily used before the ticket was introduced.
The association's seasonal survey of more than 450 companies was aimed at hotels, guesthouses and operators of holiday apartments as well as restaurants, leisure providers and transport providers such as local transport companies. Transport carriers reported lower guest satisfaction than the other sectors. Only every second company speaks of satisfied guests.
"The dissatisfaction with the transport providers is due to the uncertainties in the course of the introduction of the 9-euro ticket," explained Woitendorf. "There was congestion, especially on the routes from the metropolises of Hamburg and Berlin to Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, which could not be cushioned in the short term." A new edition would require a stronger consideration of tourist flows.
