Press Releases

The wait is over: Just in time for the start of summer, Austrian guests can once again experience the holiday variety in Zell am See-Kaprun without worries from 29 May 2020 onwards. For the border with Germany, the Austrian Federal Government, in coordination with the German Federal Government, has announced the complete reopening as of 15 June. With the possibility of free of charge cancellation or change of booking up to 48 hours before arrival, the "BOOKING WITHOUT WORRIES" campaign guarantees guests of the region flexibility and 100% planning security for a summer holiday in Zell am See-Kaprun.

Following the successful premiere last year, the two initiators Ferdinand Porsche and Vinzenz Greger decided to hold a second edition of the GP Ice Race. The event with top stars such as Marcel Hirscher and Axel Lund Svindal was staged on 1 and 2 February 2020 and thrilled 16,000 viewers at the Zell airfield.

The largest obstacle race series in the world, the Spartan Race, took place for the second time as winter edition in Zell am See-Kaprun on 11 and 12 January 2020. The only winter Spartan Race in the entire German-speaking area attracted 4,000 competitors from 33 nations, who brought the Spartan lifestyle back to the region.

Promoting the ice race in Zell am See Kaprun on 1 and 2 February 2020 from now on, an exclusive gondola in the design of the GP Ice Race has been created at the areitXpress in cooperation with the Schmittenhöhebahn and unveiled on the 9th of January 2020.

The new cable car zellamseeXpress connects Schmittenhöhe and Skicircus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn

New K-ONNECTION cable car connects Kaprun and the Maiskogel and Kitzsteinhorn ski resorts

The star advent of Zell am See was celebrated on Friday, 22nd of November 2019, and the new advent market at the Elisabeth Park at Lake Zell was opened

The fascination of winter will be brought to perfection in the Zell am See – Kaprun region in 2020: winter, in all its splendour, challenges sportsmen and women at the Winter Spartan Race, while snow and ice at the GP Ice Race create the perfect basis for the next edition of this legendary ice race. How glacier, snow and ice are formed will be explained on the new Kitzsteinhorn Explorer Tour Winter and early birds enjoy being first on the piste at the Ski’n’Brunch events on the Schmittenhöhe.

Out and about in Pinzgau: With the introduction of the Mobility Card, Tourismusverband Zell am See-Kaprun provides a new offer: for the first time, all guests staying in Zell am See-Kaprun overnight can use all means of public transport throughout Pinzgau for free from May onward