Chiemgau card provides ignition material: indigenous indisacmented over inequality!

Chiemgau card provides ignition material: indigenous indisacmented over inequality!

In the Berchtesgadener Land, a current offer of the Jennerbahn provides great excitement among locals and holiday guests. Franz Graßl, CSU parliamentary group spokesman and candidate for mayor, brought up the topic of Chiemgau card in the local council. His appeal illustrates the precarious developments that are emerging in the basin. Graßl completely supports the Jennerbahn and emphasizes its importance for the tourist attractiveness of the region. Nevertheless, he expresses his concerns about the Chiemgau card because he considers their participation to be wrong.

The offer that has been in effect since June 2025 allows holiday guests from the neighboring district of Traunstein to use the Jennerbahn with the Chiemgau card for free. This regulation ensures outrage among the locals who still have to pay the regular prices. Bartl Wimmer, Chairman of the Berchtesgaden Zweckverband Bergerbewer, describes the offer as a short -term advertising measure and recognizes the unequal treatment that causes displeasure with many locals and tourism providers.

discussion about questions of equality

For many locals, inequality in the prices appears unjust. This leads to a growing discussion that finds its expression on social networks, where users expressly express criticism of the offer. Many demand that the locals should also benefit from the same conditions as vacationers. After all, the Jennerbahn has already recorded over 2800 trips with the Chiemgau card since the offer was introduced, which underlines demand.

The concept of the Chiemgau card itself is a premium guest card that is financed by municipal contributions. In contrast to the Berchtesgaden guest card, which mainly grants discounts, the Chiemgau card offers extended services such as the use of cable cars. However, the current situation promotes discussions on a possible further development of the regional guest cards, but details remain unclear for the time being.

The partners of the Jennerbahn, Berchtesgadener Bergbahn AG (BBAG) and Inzeller Touristik, finance the offer by levies from municipalities such as Bergen, Grassau, Inzell, Ruhpolding and Siegsdorf. The public discussion shows that the topic around the Chiemgau card and its equal treatment is far from complete.