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Do you know where the 200 missing British tourists are now?

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mokryna Sun 27-Dec-20 15:51:43

400 British tourists in Switzerland were asked to isolate but 200 left during the following night. Where are they now?

Jane10 Sun 27-Dec-20 16:04:55

Gosh! Come on Biba70 get sleuthing and track them down.

EllanVannin Sun 27-Dec-20 16:13:32

Making others ill I guess.

Chewbacca Sun 27-Dec-20 16:20:36

Uh oh, that's torn it.

Ellianne Sun 27-Dec-20 16:22:08

Seeing as most of the EU ski resorts have banned tourists from the UK, shouldn't we be asking what Switzerland was doing letting them visit in the first place?

Callistemon Sun 27-Dec-20 16:24:36

200 people escaped without anyone noticing?
Was no-one in charge?

Ellianne Sun 27-Dec-20 16:33:35

Echoes of a great escape.

Callistemon Sun 27-Dec-20 16:34:53

Anyone arriving in Switzerland from the United Kingdom since the 14 December, regardless of nationality, is required to self-isolate for 10 days from the date of arrival. British citizens currently in quarantine who intend to travel to the airport will need to follow protective measures to remain in quarantine; your local cantonal authorities will be able to advise on this, which may include avoiding public transport.

So where have these tourists been staying if they should have been self-isolating from the time of their arrival?
Why were they allowed in anyway?

On 20 December, Switzerland announced a general entry ban for all travellers from the UK, and suspended all flights between the UK and Switzerland

On 23 December, the Swiss Government introduced an exemption to allow passenger flights to/from the UK from 24 December for the purpose of enabling residents of UK and Switzerland to return in both directions.
Surely the Swiss would want them returned to the UK asap.

Ellianne Sun 27-Dec-20 16:39:06

I wonder if they managed to get any proper skiing in before they went missing?

GagaJo Sun 27-Dec-20 16:45:47

The requirement for isolating was backdated. So some people will have been required to go into isolation after being out and about. And will have moved on from their first destination, in all likelihood, a closed ski resort.

I've just gone back to school from Verbier, but no one questioned my need to isolate so I think it is only the cantonal authorities and the police that care.

GagaJo Sun 27-Dec-20 16:46:19

No one questioned my being a Brit on the loose I mean.

petra Sun 27-Dec-20 16:48:27

And yet we are continuously being told that it's only the uk that gets it wrong. ?

Ellianne Sun 27-Dec-20 16:54:05

GagaJo

No one questioned my being a Brit on the loose I mean.

grin
A Brit on the loose!
No doubt someone on GN will have reported you to the authorities before the day is out!

Callistemon Sun 27-Dec-20 16:56:55

GagaJo

No one questioned my being a Brit on the loose I mean.

200 tourists + 1 essential worker.

Have you gone back early before they shut down the flights?
Hope you're not on your own in school.

mokryna Sun 27-Dec-20 17:06:05

Sorry no good at transferring
The title is BFM TV 27 dec
Suisse: 200 touristes britanniques placés en quarantaine dans une station de ski ont pris la fuite

MawBe Sun 27-Dec-20 17:20:06

Perhaps Biba has opened her B&B already?
Has anybody searched the attics and cellars?

petra Sun 27-Dec-20 17:21:51

MawBe
Very good. ??

Firecracker123 Sun 27-Dec-20 17:38:04

No Biba would turn them in lol.

bikergran Sun 27-Dec-20 17:42:01

I've checked under my bed ! no sign there hmm

MissAdventure Sun 27-Dec-20 18:03:33

They may be down the back of my sofa.
You'd be amazed what ends up there.

GagaJo Sun 27-Dec-20 18:19:00

No, I brought two students back with me.

Verbier is almost empty, so the reports say.

www.rhonefm.ch/actualites/les-touristes-britanniques-ont-deserte-verbier?fbclid=IwAR1tRvkW-8mZ2rSfnUBZK3CDmzXasRzZoew6dQ1bhgpa2FP-EpT-qUmhxv0
(open it in Google and right click to translate)

bikergran Sun 27-Dec-20 18:38:19

MissAdventure bet my sellotapes down there some where! hmm

Ellianne Sun 27-Dec-20 18:43:18

Well it's obvious from GagaJo's link that they Brits weren't impressed with the Swiss food.
C'est en voyant que les plateaux-repas restaient intacts que les hébergeurs ont constaté que les clients étaient partis.

They did a bunk leaving their room service trays untouched. I wonder what it was?

lemongrove Sun 27-Dec-20 18:49:11

Fondue, Toblerone?

lemongrove Sun 27-Dec-20 18:49:38

bikergran

MissAdventure bet my sellotapes down there some where! hmm

...and my nutcrackers