A hotel in Tyrol, Austria, reportedly refused to accept Jewish guests because of "bad experiences" with Jews in the past. This has caused outrage in the local media and in the Austrian tourism industry. An Orthodox Jewish family of seven had asked the 'Haus Sonnenhof' hotel in the village of Serfaus for a reservation and was told that although the room was free the hotel did want to take in Jewish guests because of "bad experiences" in the past. Serfaus has become popular with orthodox Jewish tourists in recent years.
The father of the rejected Jewish family took his family elsewhere to holiday. "I don't want to spend my vacation in such a racist nest, and I will inform all my friends about what is going on in Tyrol," he told a German news agency.
