Tesla Giga Berlin Brings Hostels, Overnight Tourist, Lots of Them

The lockdowns have affected the tourism industry in East Brandenburg where Tesla is building its Giga Berlin factory and a battery plant. However, some accommodation providers in Oder-Spree got off relatively lightly. They benefited from the huge construction site of the electric car maker Tesla.

Since March 2020, tourists have not been allowed to check into hotels and guest houses in Oder-Spree either. A hard blow for many landlords. But unexpected support came. "We are to a large extent a classic holiday destination. This virus hit us harder than other regions. However, this was offset by bookings from workers at the Tesla construction site," says Ellen Russig from the Seenland Oderspree tourism association to the rbb.

In March of this year, for example, a good 30,000 overnight stays were booked in Oder-Spree. Only around a third less than the year before. Also important for landlords: Giga Berlin's construction site workers often stay for several weeks, while tourists often only book a weekend.

Tesla beeches helped a lot.

For example, the holiday bungalows at the Wolfswinkel lake park on the Großer Storkower See have been continuously occupied by Tesla construction workers in recent months. That was very lucky for the company, as employee Darlyn Rusche explains. "We were only allowed to accept business travelers. There were some, but Tesla helped us well over time. So I could go to work every day and so could the other employees."

Gerd Sander also rented his holiday home in Erkner to Tesla fitters. It is not clear to him whether he will be renting out to tourists again in the summer. "Then the ability to plan is a little impaired. I can't say that the house will really be free at the end of June if the fitters stay a week longer. Then I'd rather cancel a tourist inquiry and hope that fitters will contact me again. "

Tesla also wants to build a battery factory.

Ellen Rußig also expects bottlenecks here and there when summer tourists are allowed to come again soon. But she's not worried. "Then it will be the case again that business travelers go on vacation in a classic way in summer or workers also go on vacation in the vacation season," she explains. The cheap hostels and motels in the region are less of a focus for tourists. Here, too, many are currently fully booked with workers from Polish subcontractors.

And as it became known on Thursday, Tesla is rescheduling, has applied for permits for the construction of the battery factory, and also wants to expand the Giga Berlin's body shop. The accommodation providers may therefore continue to expect bookings from Tesla workers.

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[CarloHerrmann]

Would be nice to do a factory tour once things get under way !!! Can you provide the list/link of some nice hotels/hamlets to stay in? Thanks for your very nice episodes.

[arthurwagar]

That crane that looks like a crane is something else.

[arulsiva]

TSLA is already producing parts(chassis by gigs press) in Texas. It appears it’s being supplied to Fremont.

[mikemcgetrick]

Any possibility on a follow up story about your concerns for water / sewer pipes required to be laid for many KM to the factory. I have never seen this covered anywhere else and you raised it as a major problem????

[MB-User]

I know this area around GF4 in Grünheide. There are a lot of lakes where you can chill on beaches or on boats. Many tourists rent small "house boats" (e.g. google "bunbo") and explore the area on water.

[jamespkinsella]

Of course they have to inform the local community of their planning wishes in order to get approval (democracy). But it would more clever and open if they created a display center or musium at the site where people could visit to see the plans. This is often done here in Europe to be more transparent. Wake up and save Tesla a lot of trouble because it's such a big project it requires a big

[clarkkent]

Unique Tesla Restaurant inevitable since they’ve submitted a Trademark name.

[vinodjetley]

"Only around a third less than the year before" means 45, 000 a year before, and not 90, 000 as the video says.

[stargazertress]

Should build a reptile zoo or sanctuary in memory of snakes and lizards who sacrificed their lives for Tesla. Can also be a tourist attraction.

[johnvin]

Let's Dogecoin Army will be rocking TESLA CYBERTRUCK in a bit!!!

To the 🌙 😉

[rgeraldalexander]

Maybe Elon will build some housing for his workers near to the factory.

[ivanalogindata]

Nothing realy new just a lot of hot Air

[gorankuk]

Can you be more brief in delivering messages? I stop listening to your news because of the time you take...