With events banned at least until the end of August, Munich’s Oktoberfest, the cult and traditional event known as the largest beer festival in the world is canceled, states a report of Deutsche Welle.
From music festivals to major sporting events, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a wave of unprecedented event cancellations around the world — and Germany’s Oktoberfest is no exception.
“Based on the current situation, I cannot imagine that such a large event would even be possible at that time,” Markus Söder told journalists. He added that he and the mayor of Munich had jointly made the final decision to call it off.
Oktoberfest is one of the biggest mass public events in Europe and maybe wider. It starts in the third week of September and lasts for around one month. This event gathers around 7mil visitors, that drink c.a. 7mil liters of beer, generating income of around 1.1 billion euros for the City of Munich.
This is the first cancellation of the Oktoberfest since WWII.
You would agree that the coronavirus is not just a seasonal flu.
Source: DeutscheWelle
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