The 21-year-old Maryan comes from Dubai.  “We have camels instead of sleighs,” she says laughing.  She is here along with her brother and his family.
Fouzia (financial accountant) from Oman is here on holiday with her husband Hatam and they have been together for eight years.  While other tourists are enjoying a beer or having some ice cream, they are drinking hot chocolate topped with whip
Ahmad and Mona, both twenty and both lawyers, come from Kuwait. They are on their honeymoon and are having the time of their lives.  “This place is very famous!  Everyone wants to come here!”  They say that sometimes they have the fe
Nourah, her husband Mohammed and children May and Deem come from Saudi Arabia, where it is now 50 degrees Celsius. That is why the family search for cooler temperatures here. The cap May  is wearing Nourah bought on E-Bay before coming here.
Boating on the Zell am See lake is popular.
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At the weekly traditional feast “Zell Edelweisen” in the park by the lake local residents come together to dance and show their traditional costumes to the tourists.  There is also a yodelling and wood chopping contest.
A mother and son, enjoying the snow on the Kirzsteinhorn glacier, making a snowman.
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Mai from Kuwait is happy with her warm headscarf, she says.  She is a teacher at a day-care centre and he is studying for his Masters in Islamic History. Together they are on a three-week trip. “People here are very nice.”
Ali and Samira from Saudi-Arabia are having their picture taken with some of the local residents during the traditional feast ‘Zell Edelweisen’. He is a mathematics teacher and she is a geography teacher. At first they thought that this was a weddi
By the waterfall Maryam from Oman poses for the picture.  She is here with her husband Saleh for a week’s holiday before they head to Salzburg.  “Everyone talks about this place.  For us, it is paradise.”
The 26-year-old Turki and his 22-year-old wife Riha (pregnant with their second child) come from Saudi Arabia and  are celebrating their fourth anniversary on this holiday. This is their first time going on holiday together. Turki: “This is th
Khaled (policeman) and his wife Mariam (housewife) come from Dubai and along with their four children Sumayah, Hamda, Abaid and Rashed have come for a ten-day holiday in Zell am See and following that a four-day holiday in Vienna.  “The childr
The garden of the Grand Hotel. Most of the Arabic tourists choose for this hotel which is located directly next to the lake.
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Nourah from Saudi Arabia goes dressed in a purple niqab and wearing rented moon boots underneath. She seems to like the sleighing even more than her children do. “They just think that it is cold here,” she says laughing. “I think it is wonderful be
A walking path into the forest, which leads the people to a beautiful waterfall
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