Tourism turbulence: Hoteliers demand more attention for the Southwest Palatinate!

Tourism turbulence: Hoteliers demand more attention for the Southwest Palatinate!

Dahn, Deutschland - The development of tourism in the Southwest Palatinate is the focus of a current conversation with the hoteliers Manfred Maus and Alois Ruppert. Both are critical of the role of the region as a tourism destination. According to Rheinpfalz.de is not a real tourism region, which indicates the challenges Local sector must master.

Alois Ruppert, who started as a trained plastic technician, has significantly expanded its hotel, the Felsenland Resort in Dahn in the past 20 years. After the sale of his single-family house, he invested 500,000 D-Marks equity and developed his breakfast pension from 1997 with 21 rooms into a hotel with 72 rooms and an impressive wellness landscape of 3,600 m². The hotel recorded around 30,000 guests annually, which means an occupancy rate of around 85 percent. This proves the positive development that according to bnn.de recently accompanied with an increase in sales of about 10 percent in recent years.

challenges and visions

Ruppert, who runs the hotel together with his wife Margit and 70 employees, is also involved directly in the company process. He carries out some construction work himself and has integrated creative design elements into the hotel that are reminiscent of artists such as Gaudi and Hundertwasser. The leadership as a company bourgeois law means that he is liable for the hotel with his private assets.

The Felsenland Resort offers a variety of amenities and attracts various guests, including hikers, cyclists and wellness enthusiasts. The mix of visitors remains impressive, with an average stay of 3.6 days. Half a year ago, Ruppert celebrated the opening of the new lobby with a large event that included 500 guests, dancers and fireworks.

The views of mouse and Ruppert throw a light on the need to improve the perception of the region as an attractive goal for tourists. The way to establish the Southwest Palatinate as an important tourist region remains a challenge that could require some innovative approaches. While Ruppert has a positive influence with his personal commitment and financial investments, the entire region is facing major tasks.