How to Choose the Right Oberammergau Passion Play in 2020
经过玛丽亚·莱斯拉(Maria Lisella)/
在过去的400年中,Oberammergau的巴伐利亚小村庄已将自己变成了“基督的激情”的舞台,描绘了当地居民表演的耶稣基督的生与死。
正如全世界的基督徒最近在耶稣受难日观察了基督的激情时,全球旅行社的旅行经营者是2020年5月16日至10月4日的102场演出的门票。
The play is performed five days per week in an open-air theater that seats about 4,700 people. It is anticipated that more than 750,000 will attend.
Even though it happens just once a decade, Amrei Gold, head of PR North America at the German National Tourist Office in New York, says, “Oberammergau is very significant for Germany – every 10 years. It tends to ‘disappear’ somewhat into obscurity during the time in between.”
However, with the development of social media, the presence in the general consciousness and the overall interest is much stronger today in comparison to 10 years ago.” Christians comprise about 30 percent of Germany’s population; worldwide Christianity accounts for 2.1 billion followers.
Securing tickets early
Competition for tickets is legendary. Tour operators invest their own money in inventory so they tend to place pressure on agents to persuade clients to place deposits as early as two years in advance and pay in full within a year of the event.
然而,一些运营商声称,门票比比皆是,因为门票比比皆是。
Krunic建议代理商:“尽管大公司在说什么,但在未来三到六个月内不会售罄,因此重要的是要让特工知道这是一项大事件,但它不会被卖光了。但是,最好让客户为此计划和预算。但是,如果他们现在不舒服地布置数千个,请不要担心。我敢肯定,从现在开始,代理商每年就可以购买包裹。”
Having mentioned this, she also said it is important to take a survey of the inventory to see how to best match clients to the products on the market.
Faith-based and secular options
Tours featuring Oberammergau run the gamut from purely faith-based itineraries to secular vacations with a touch of the Passion Play as well as customized packages to suit clients’ tastes. Leisure-based operators are either nestling the Oberammergau within programs or adding pre- and post-programs to the play when it is the core of the product.
欧洲目的地管理公司Tumlare在去年在纽伦堡的德国旅行市场上被任命为Oberammergau Passion Play的GSA。美洲地区区域总监约瑟夫·格林(Joseph Green)表示,经纪人和旅行社可以通过Tumlare购买2020年Oberammergau Passion Play的门票,当时购买1000张门票。除了这一数字之外,旅行社和运营商可以直接与组织者预订。
Faith-based companies include prime movers of travelers such as Nawas International Travel, Inc., which counts nearly 20 programs featuring the Passion Play. Based on the company’s experience, the majority of travelers will focus on the Alpine Europe regions of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, which are all in the vicinity of Oberammergau.
Says Philip C. Khoury, executive director of sales, "Nawas has been a faith-based group tour operator since our founding in 1949 and we have a very long history with the village of Oberammergau and the Passion Play dating back to the 1960s."
Krunic’s company offers Catholic pilgrimage itineraries with daily private Mass and a visit to Catholic shrines, while their Protestant tours focus on religious heritage. Likewise, Milanka Lachman, president and founder of 206 Tours, says her programs, while solidly Christian-based, are being paired with many options including Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Poland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, and Israel.
Minnesota-based Ed-Ventures’ President Paul Larsen, addressed the issue of matching clients with the right product. “For some, the play itself is the climax to a meaningful itinerary that you customize for them, and for others the emphasis is more on a fun trip and includes Oktoberfest, for example.
美国旅游公司之间的差异
Among the major leisure-based American players are The Travel Corporation companies Trafalgar Tours, Uniworld and Insight Vacations, as well as Globus, Tauck and Collette.
Other leisure-based companies and river cruise operators, such as CroisiEurope and Gate 1 Travel, have fattened their Passion Play programs with a suite of options or have placed the Passion Play into existing itineraries. Distinguishing one program from another is key to matching clients with the most appropriate product for them.
Collette声称“首次访问”了2020年曾一度的Oberampergau Passion戏剧的门票。2010年,Collette处理了10,000多名旅行者进行激情游戏。那一年,纳瓦斯国际旅行公司(Nawas International Travel)处理了16,000多人参加比赛,这是该剧最大的旅行社。
Gate 1 Travel will operate land tours and river cruises to experience the Passion Play 2020 and explore Oberammergau and the surrounding areas.
The Globus family of brands lists 14 different itineraries to Oberammergau in 2020 including 10 secular and four religious vacations, says Vanessa Parrish, channel marketing manager for the Globus family of brands.
“对于那些想真正沉浸在德国文化中的人来说,德国最好的德国将是最好的旅程,因为它也将客人带到黑森林,莱茵河的城堡以及诸如Rothenberg,Heidelberg,Heidelberg,Dresden等充满活力的城镇,柏林和纽伦堡,” Insight假期的团体销售经理Amber Boyle指出。
“Our itineraries include the best available seating for the Passion Play, we stay in the best available hotel properties, and we feature the Passion Play as just one component within a choice of larger, enriching Tauck itineraries,” says Jeremy Palmer, senior vice president for Tauck Land Journeys.
“我们将包括激情扮演不可或缺的标准t of two of our European land tours, and it will be an optional add-on (subject to availability and not bookable separately) on two European river cruises,” adds Palmer.
早在6月,特拉法加(Trafalgar)的首席执行官加文·托尔曼(Gavin Tollman)报告说:“对oberampergau的需求真是令人难以置信。剩下三年的时间,特拉法加(Trafalgar)已经为Oberampergau的确定出发了50%。“
River Cruise Company Croisieurope提供了七晚行程,该行程将在德国举行2020年的Oberampergau激情戏。
巴伐利亚也有很多值得一看的地方。巴伐利亚旅游业首席执行官詹斯·赫瓦尔德(Jens Huwald)说:“我们传统上是不同的。”该地区拥有七个联合国教科文组织世界遗产,111,000英亩的国家公园和15,000英亩的葡萄园。赫瓦尔德(Huwald)报告说,该地区的传奇宫殿和城堡每年吸引超过500万游客。
尽可能多的基督教信仰的核心是the Passion Play, GNTO’s Gold says a surge of interest for Germany, in general, seems to coincide with the decennial event.