Tourism Office Hallstatt - Dachstein Salzkammergut — Attraction in Hallstatt

My partner and I travelled around North Europe and we will fly from Munich back to New Zealand in a couple of days. Hallstatt had attracted my partner so much since she watched a Chinese TV show almost 20 years ago, so we drove a long way yesterday from Munich to visit this famous town. We took the cable car to the top of the hill and just wanted to sit in Rudolfsturm Cafe enjoying the marvelous view. We did not know how to order some drinks so came inside, one of the male waiters was laughing at us with no reason. We got the menu and sit outside waiting for order but it seemed they were very busy so I came inside the cafe again and was trying order from the counter. The same waiter was yelling at me and pushed me on my shoulder to outside. He was so rude and really upset me. I understand that so many tourists come to Hallstatt everyday and the town is stuffed with people from China, Taiwan, Korea etc. I guess our Chinese face made the waiter uneasy. The trip was totally ruined. Hallstatt was a picturesque, peaceful and friendly small town in that TV show, but now now. Really sorry to see this and my partner was so...

It's not an evaluation of the tourist office, but a list of things I would have liked to know the day before I arrived.

Bring a lot of cash. I mean a lot. ATMs charge 5 euro per withdrawal Parking is a hell: make sure you have a reserved parking lot or read reviwes about public parking areas There are two supermarkets and they do accept credit cards (one has extended opening hours with self-check-out) At 6:00 pm the village turns into a ghost town (less people and less restaurants open) I spotted five (sic!) places where they serve food and have visible stickers for welcoming credit cards (unfortunately they all close pretty early)

Burgerman The Station (verified) Cafe Bäckerei Konditorei Maislinger (verified) Rührwerk Hallstatt Ofenfrische Schaumrollen (not verified) The Wolf cafe bistro bar (not verified) Marktbeisl Zur Ruth (not verified)

The residents are quite worried about tourism. Our neighbours did not want us to reverse park (to avoid gas on...

We visited Hallstatt yesterday, and felt that there were a number of things that Hallstatt could do to improve the visitor experience.

Show the number of parking spaces in real-time on a website. You have the data going to the parking boards that we saw from driving into Hallstatt. If this data was shown in real-time online, tourists could make the decision if they should drive into Hallstatt to find parking or not.

This has a positive environmental impact. creates a positive impression for tourists and lessens the annoyance of tourists if they cannot find a car parking space.

When we visited Sardina their popular tourist locations had an online booking website, so that their tourist locations were not overly packed with visitors at once.

A booking system could be setup for parking in Hallstatt.

Do a survey of tourists who are coming in and ask their experience of coming to Hallstatt, this is...