What crisis? (Installment 2)

A colleague of mine tried to book a skiing holiday in Austria. She contacted various hotels and got told that they are fully or close-to-fully booked, much better than last year, in particular due to very strong demand from all over Eastern Europe.

Eastern Europe? Aren't they supposed to be in the middle of an economic meltdown? (Or maybe they want to enjoy one last skiing holiday, before they turn off the lights...?)