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Tourism crisis Later restart the River cruises

Status: 19.06.2021 3:29 p.m.

River cruise ships are back in Bavaria – because of the infection protection with fewer guests on board. The long absence of the ships has left deep marks along the routes.

By Sebastian Grosser and Martin Gruber, BR

A melody sounds on deck of the river ship “NickoSpirit” before cruise director Ferdinand Selig starts his speech. “Welcome to Regensburg, dear passengers.” In front of Selig is a piece of paper with several names, which are in turn marked with different colors. “Please remember your grouping and don’t forget your mask when you leave the ship,” he says. At this point, several passengers have already gathered at the entrance of the ship to go ashore for a tour of the city. A maximum of 14 people are allowed in a group. This is part of infection protection.

Million revenues before Corona

The “NickoSpirit” is the first river cruise ship to be moored in Regensburg this year. Usually the season starts in spring. But Corona put the once booming tourism industry on the back burner in 2021. The Regensburger Stadtwerk, which manages the pier, is expecting around 100 landings this year. Similar to 2020, in the first Corona year, the city is expected to turn over only 100,000 euros with the ships. For comparison: in 2019, more than 1000 ships moored in Regensburg, with which the city was able to bring in a turnover of 1.3 million euros.

Hard times for tour guides

Michaela Ederer is already waiting for the guests at the Donaulände, where the “NickoSpirit” moored. The tour guide has longingly awaited the first ship and its passengers. “The last few months have been really tough,” she says. “The majority of the tour guides work as freelancers and rely on the tour guides and the sales they generate with them.”

In the peak of the pandemic, around 7500 tour guides nationwide were unemployed, says Ederer, who is also on the board of the Federal Association of Tour Guides in Germany. Many of her colleagues should have tapped their retirement reserves. “We are therefore very happy,” she says, referring to the arrival of the first passengers.

Passengers: No problem with infection protection

While the guests with audio guides in their ears follow the tour operator’s blue tablet to explore the historic old town of Regensburg, cruise director Selig talks to the passengers who have stayed on the ship. Unless they are sitting in the restaurant or on the summer deck, they all wear mouth and nose protection. Many of the mostly older passengers do not mind the infection control measures. “The guests are used to it,” says Selig. For the provider of cruise travel, however, creating a suitable hygiene concept was a bit of a challenge: In order to maintain the distance, only 143 of the otherwise 170 passengers are currently allowed on board. There is even a certified test center on the “NickoSpirit” so that everyone on the ship can be tested every 48 hours.

End of the cruise boom

While the provider Nicko had previously relied mainly on a German-speaking audience, other shipping companies, such as the largest industry association IG Rivercruise, have a harder time BR demand notifies. In particular, sales of shipping companies that specialize exclusively in guests from overseas such as the USA or Australia fell by 100 percent last year. But also those ships that were able to sail between July and October 2020 recorded losses of between 60 and 70 percent.

“The Queen would declare the year 2020 to be an ‘annus horribilis’. The IG Rivercruise joins this,” said the Industry association. The forecast for 2021 is no better. “The season is short,” said IG Rivercruise. Individual providers have therefore filed for bankruptcy, but had already got into financial difficulties before the pandemic.

Souvenir shops before the end

The lack of cruise business also brought Gabriele Winklmeier into existential difficulties. The 58-year-old has a souvenir shop in the old town of Passau. The ship tourists from the USA and France would actually be their main business. Due to the pandemic, hardly anything happened last year, according to Winklmeier. “This year, too, things have been bad so far: no buses, no ships, no customers. Now the first cruise ships are arriving, but they all dock outside.” She will probably give up her souvenir shop – after 17 years.

Winklmeier looks back with sadness: “Three years ago all hell was going on here. 300 guests as early as eight in the morning. You could still do business there. Today it can happen to me that I don’t have a turnover of 30 euros.” The guests of “NickoSpirit” will probably no longer buy souvenirs in Winklmeier’s shop. The cruise on the river ends in Passau. Several buses are waiting along the landing stage where the suitcases are already lined up. Cruise manager Selig, who has to say goodbye to his guests after nine days, draws a positive balance: “It was a relaxed trip, even if it seems unrelaxed. We were well prepared with the tests on board. Many guests were vaccinated or recovered. That is natural also a great relief for us. “

Mask ATMs at the information counters of the two terminals. According to NIA, 100% of passengers, officials and employees at NIA are required to wear masks and are constantly reminded through the radio system. In addition, mobile security forces, station security and order regularly monitor and check. In addition, the port provides masks at the information counter so that passengers can use them for free if needed. On a weekly basis, this largest airport in the North conducts disinfection spraying of passenger movement routes, check-in counters, security control aisles, aircraft exits, telescopic bridges; the entire incoming and outgoing inland areas; Disinfectant spray in the office area; enhanced hygiene of contact surfaces at passenger terminals. Aviation security staff measure the body temperature of passengers. Noi Bai aviation security forces are fully equipped with gloves, masks, and splash shields while working. In addition, the port is installing automatic touch-sensitive hand sanitizer points to minimize passenger contact. On the other hand, the port has activated the highest epidemic prevention mode when arranging workers to work according to the distance regime from May 7 to the end of June 2021. Employees are not allowed to come to the office when they have symptoms of fever, cough, difficulty breathing; sitting at a distance in common areas including in the car; honestly declare the places that have come from the epidemic area or have been in contact with people related to F0, F1, F2… Airline employees are also equipped with gloves, masks, and drop shields. With the camera system, Noi Bai Airport has effectively carried out the tracing of F0 cases through the port, employees with contact to localize, isolate, and at the same time, coordinate with airports across the country. forming a closely connected network, contributing to tracing and zoning in the fastest time. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

“The health and safety of our employees, partners and customers is our number one priority, so Samsung has decided not to participate in the live display at Mobile World Congress this year,” a company representative said. . MWC 2021 has been delayed by 4 months compared to the annual practice. Photo: PCMag. Samsung is not the first big name in the mobile industry to confirm not to participate in MWC 2021. Previously, Sony, Nokia and Ericsson have announced similar plans. Google also didn’t bring any new products to this event, but it’s still present. “We understand that event planning during the pandemic is complicated. Samsung will appear online at MWC 2021. We hope to see them again at next year’s event,” the spokesperson said. of the Global Mobile Association (GSMA) – the organizer of MWC – feedback on Engadget . On May 6, GSMA released a press release, introducing details of the MWC 2021 event program. The theme of this year’s exhibition is: Connected Impact with content revolving around AI, 5G, Big Data and IoT shaping the future, changing lives. GSMA intends to invite more than 600 keynote speakers for this event, including big names in the global technology industry such as leaders of carriers, technology firms, investment funds. The withdrawal of Samsung – the brand that holds the largest share of the global mobile market – puts MWC at risk of a similar cancellation last year. Two weeks before the event, the organizers of MWC 2020 announced the cancellation of the exhibition because many major brands did not attend, including Samsung, Sony and LG. This year, instead of being held at the end of February and early March as usual, GSMA decided to postpone the MWC 2021 exhibition to the end of June. Quick review of Galaxy S21 and S21 Ultra Galaxy S21 owns a compact design, youthful colors. Meanwhile, Galaxy S21 Ultra is aimed at users who love to experience Samsung’s latest technologies.

Dong Thap province implements many biodiversity conservation solutions for Tram Chim National Park Mr. Le Thanh Cu, Deputy Director of Tram Chim National Park, said: “In order to balance the ecosystem, the unit has implemented solutions to keep Melaleuca forests and grasslands in the park’s areas to attract and protect the forests. birds, especially the red-crowned crane – a rare bird named in the World Red Book and a symbol of Dong Thap province.The return of the red-crowned crane is a good sign, showing that the ecological environment for the cranes is improving Good up”. Tram Chim National Park is one of the favorite destinations of tourists near and far Landscape of Tram Chim National Park For many years, Tram Chim National Park has been visited by cranes every year, but due to the gradually changing ecological environment, fewer and fewer cranes return. Diversity of animals and plants living in Tram Chim National Park area According to statistics of Tram Chim National Park, in 1991 there were more than 1,000 red-crowned cranes, but then there were fewer and fewer. By 2017, only 3 red-crowned cranes had returned, 9 individuals in 2018 and 11 individuals in 2019. In 2020 alone, not a single red-crowned crane came here.

In fact, Siemens’ above-mentioned actions are not surprising, because all of these are traceable. Siemens has been conducting 5G testing and research at its automotive testing center in Nuremberg. It also created its own 5G private network infrastructure in Amberg and Karlsruhe: In these places, Siemens is completely dependent on its own independently developed products and solutions. Established manufacturers frustrated and exit Siemens’ telecommunications history can be traced back to the 19th century, when the company began manufacturing telephone exchanges (before that, telegraph equipment was manufactured). It has existed for a long time in the telecommunications industry like its Finnish counterpart Nokia. The fate of Siemens and Nokia are also very similar. This starts with it giving up the mobile phone business. In 2005, Siemens sold its struggling mobile phone division to BenQ and licensed its mobile phone brand to BenQ for five years. This transaction was interpreted by the media at the time as a “snake swallowing elephant”, indicating that in the market at that time, Siemens The mobile phone business has a pivotal position. It is reported that BenQ is a Taiwanese company that produces BenQ-Siemens mobile phones in its German subsidiary (filed for bankruptcy in 2006). After the acquisition of Siemens’ mobile phone division, it did not bring business growth to BenQ, but became a “hot potato”. In fact, in 2004, the Chinese mobile phone market entered the “Ice Age”, but Siemens is still following the steps and keeping track of the old ways. The speed of introducing new technologies and new functions is always slow. In the ever-changing mobile phone market, it can only be killed. Caught off guard. If the abandonment of the mobile phone business is understood as Siemens’ broken arm, then the transfer of all shares of “Nosi” will completely “kill Siemens” in the field of communications. In June 2006, Nokia and Siemens merged the telecommunications equipment business of the two companies to form Nokia Siemens Networks. Both parties invested 50%, and the total transaction amount reached 25 billion euros. In April 2007, Nokia Siemens Networks officially put into operation, once occupied the world’s second largest manufacturer of communications equipment, second only to Ericsson. In 2013, Nokia will acquire all shares of Nokia-Siemens Networks held by German Siemens at a price of 1.7 billion euros (approximately 2.2 billion US dollars). After the acquisition, Nokia-Siemens Networks became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nokia, and “Siemens” was removed from the company’s name, and the company’s headquarters remained in Finland. For the next eight years, Siemens disappeared from the communications field. It was not until the news that Siemens announced its entry into the 5G private network field recently broke that people recalled that Siemens was once a veteran manufacturer in the communications field. Aiming at the 5G private network market According to reports, Siemens has a clear direction for returning to the field of mobile communications, that is, the field of 5G private networks. The reasons for this are also obvious. For smart manufacturing, the deployment of local private networks is the most common due to delay, control, and security requirements. The private network designed and deployed for enterprise-level users can optimize and redefine corporate business processes, and achieve functions that cannot be achieved by current wired networks and WIFI networks. For industrial users, this private network can meet production-critical applications in the coverage, The business requirements for performance and production safety are the infrastructure of cyber-physical systems represented by Industry 4.0. The strategic importance of private networks has been reflected in 5G research and development. In previous generations of networks, private networks were only additional functions of public cellular systems, but now they can directly rely on 5G networks to achieve future private network requirements. According to the “LTE and 5G Private Network Tracking Report-Fourth Quarter of 2020” released by Omdia, industrial vertical industries account for more than 50% of all LTE and 5G private network announcements. With a history of more than 170 years, Siemens has a strong practical ability and right to speak in the industrial field. If an industrial company that is already using Siemens products and solutions chooses a 5G supplier, it is difficult to say that it will not give priority to Siemens. Because Siemens can use its existing advantages in the industrial market, including know-how, customers, technology and solutions. Everyone is talking about the key importance of understanding vertical industries, and Siemens will be better at these than operators to a large extent, so that it can better serve those key industrial applications. As we all know, Germany is a traditional industrial power, and many industrial giants are paying close attention to the application of 5G in the industrial field, and they have proposed 5G private network frequency requirements to BNetzA very early. In August 2018, Germany planned 3700-3800MHz for regional 5G systems, the purpose of which is to meet the needs of 5G applications in industries such as industrial automation, agriculture, and forestry. Based on the characteristics of the country, Germany regards private network 5G as one of the important models for the development of 5G industry applications. For this purpose, it has deliberately planned mid- and high-band frequency resources, formulated relatively complete frequency management policies and technical specifications, and encouraged enterprises to actively apply. At present, many German companies have formulated 5G development plans and submitted applications for 5G private network frequencies. Siemens has also applied for regional 5G frequencies for six factories and is currently performing performance evaluations. Although it is not clear what the infrastructure, products and solutions mentioned by Siemens in the statement are, what is its business plan, and how it will expand the market. At this point, there are not enough details yet to truly assess the impact of this statement. But it is obvious that Siemens is using self-developed methods to move towards 5G private networks, and equipment vendors and operators in the mobile communications field may usher in a strong competitor. C114 Communication Network Lesi

Fernando is still injured, the other players are ready

Reporter (hereinafter referred to as “question”): In the past two months, how has the Guangzhou team been training?

Cannavaro (hereinafter referred to as “Ka”): I haven’t seen you for a long time, and the team’s preparations have been static for a long time. Last year, everyone was stranded in Doha. After returning to China, they went through isolation again. Now it takes a lot of time for the players. We return to the competitive state they deserve. During this period, our training plan is still different from last year. Now we have five days of training within a week and two rest days. The training intensity is very high in four days within five days, and there is a warm-up match in the remaining day. Many of our players have accumulated injuries. Some players also have some problems when they come back from the national team. Fortunately, the problems have been solved. Except for Fernando’s injury, the other players are ready for the Super League.

Q: What is the goal of the Guangzhou team this season?

Card: I don’t need to say too much about the team’s framework and lineup. Everyone sees it very clearly. We are now going to complete the replacement, but at the same time, it is difficult to maintain competitiveness in the process. It can be said that this is the most difficult year of my four years in the club, and we have not done any introduction. What’s more, the team still lacks Paulinho and Talisca. This year’s important goal is to reduce the average age of the team as much as possible, and the speed of replacement should be accelerated. At the same time, we must maintain a high level of competitiveness, and it cannot be said that there is no pursuit.

Q: How about the 11 people who entered the first team from the football academy?

Card: I personally and the coaching staff watched a lot of youth training games in more than two months, and finally selected 11 players to enter the first team. In Europe, the age of 17-20 has already begun to get opportunities. However, none of the 11 players in the team are ready to play in the Super League tomorrow. But they have been investigated for a long time. I think many of them are more promising. They are very promising young people. I will help them find opportunities. Their arrival is an important supplement for the first team. Don’t think that this is a task given by the team, nor is it an advertisement for the football school. They do have the qualifications and conditions to enter the first team. For these children, it takes time to see if they can grow up physically and adapt to the training intensity and lifestyle of the first team. I have a chance this year and I will let them appear on the stage.

Riding a bike to exercise recently makes me look young

Q: How will the relationship between the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League be balanced in the new season?

Card: Before the season, the coaches will write down the strongest players of each team on paper, calculate how many goals they can score in a single season, and finally calculate the sum. To win the Chinese Super League, you need 60-80 goals, and sometimes 80 is not enough. Calculating now, Paulinho can score 20 and Talisca scores 15. How much is 60 minus 35? If Barcelona does not have Messi and Juventus does not have Ronaldo, the problem is the same. The overall strength of a team can be very strong, but it still has key players, who are not the problem. Looking at the schedule, the first three scenes are against Guangzhou City, Shandong Taishan, and Shenzhen. They are all relatively strong.

Q: In recent years, some teams in the Super League have disappeared, and some big-name foreign players have left. What do you think?

Card: I am more qualified to answer this question. I have coached in the Chinese Super League for six years. If the league is to be important, one of the points is credibility and solidity. In the past six years, the league will change every year, and everyone who participates will have big challenges and influences. In the past two months or so, I have participated in a FIFA course, in which I will discuss the differences between different countries’ leagues and the management of clubs. Many of them will mention the Chinese Super League. Speaking of it, the Chinese Super League has unique advantages: there are a large number of fans, a large number of clubs, and the most important thing is to have strong investors. The team expected investors to “add more fuel” to the team, because they were used to this, but suddenly the oil gun was pulled out and the car was paralyzed. Once the investor’s gasoline can’t get in, the team will basically be paralyzed.

I hope that in the future, the Super League can improve its hematopoietic ability and living space, including fans, broadcasting, and marketing, but it is not that simple and requires a long-term plan. I regret the disappearance of the club, but I say that these are not critical or prejudicial attitudes, but my different perspectives on the issue.

Q: I love cycling recently. What is the reason?

Card: The feeling of riding a bicycle is very good, and you can see different scenery, which is very helpful for me to integrate into life in Guangzhou. The most important thing is that there is no worry about the epidemic in China, and it is very good to go anywhere. It can be said that China is the safest country in the world.

For me, using the rest time to exercise by cycling makes me look young. Once I start playing the game, if my results are not good, everyone will say that I am much older.

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