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The last resort? Ski tourism and climate change in Arctic Sweden [PDF]

Journal of Tourism Futures, 2020
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to discuss the external and internal factors that support or challenge a possible transformation of Arctic Sweden into a major ski destination under a changing climate.
Osman Cenk Demiroglu, Linda Lundmark, Jarkko Saarinen   +2 more
exaly   +5 more sources

Ski Tourism and Web Marketing Strategies: The Case of Ski Resorts in France and Spain [PDF]

Sustainability, 2018
The impacts of climate change are affecting ski tourism in Europe’s southernmost ski resorts, such as those in France, and Spain. This is leading to changes in the scheduling of activities which, in turn, imply changes in how ski resorts are managed.
José Ramon Cardona, Antoni Serra Cantallops, Eduard Cristóbal-Fransi   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Influencing factors of destination choice of ski tourism enthusiasts: A means-end chain analytical perspective [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
Ski enthusiasts are a unique group of travelers whom many travel businesses and destinations market to. Drawing on a means-end chain analytical perspective, this study explores the main factors affecting the destination choice of ski tourism enthusiasts.
Hui Sun, Hui Sun, Xia Xie, Xia Xie, Jun Gao, Jun Gao, Jun Gao, Lei Zhang, Lei Zhang   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Pan-European meteorological and snow indicators of climate change impact on ski tourism

Climate Services, 2021
Ski tourism plays a major socio-economic role in the snowy and mountainous areas of Europe such as the Alps, the Pyrenees, Nordic Europe, Eastern Europe, Anatolia, etc.
Samuel Morin, Raphaëlle Samacoïts, Hugues François, Carlo M. Carmagnola, Bruno Abegg, O. Cenk Demiroglu, Marc Pons, Jean-Michel Soubeyroux, Matthieu Lafaysse, Sam Franklin, Guy Griffiths, Debbie Kite, Anna Amacher Hoppler, Emmanuelle George, Carlo Buontempo, Samuel Almond, Ghislain Dubois, Adeline Cauchy   +17 more
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Facts About Ski Tourism. The Case of Ski Resorts in Romania and Bulgaria [PDF]

Annals of Dunarea de Jos University. Fascicle I : Economics and Applied Informatics, 2020
The research focuses on the tourism planning specific to winter sports in Romania and Bulgaria, detailing the tourism specific to alpine skiing in Poiana Brașov, Predeal and Sinaia (Romania), Bansko, Borovets and Pamporovo (Bulgaria).
Razvan Tiberiu Radu, Razvan Tiberiu Radu
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Ski Tourism Shapes the Snow Microbiome on Ski Slopes in the Italian Central Alps. [PDF]

Environ Microbiol Rep
ABSTRACT Winter sports exert significant anthropogenic pressures on the snow microbiome, affecting the entire alpine ecosystem. The massive usage of artificial snow, human occupation, and the release of xenobiotics like microplastics or ski wax components on ski tracks can profoundly alter snow microbial ecology ...
Dell'Acqua AN, Scicchitano D, Simoncini N, Mercanti I, Leuzzi D, Turroni S, Corlatti L, Rampelli S, Colonna M, Corinaldesi C, Candela M, Palladino G.   +11 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

The Moderating Effect of Ski Influencer on Ski Tourism Intention

SAGE Open
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games has made more people focus on skiing. How to promote the development of ski tourism is the focus of this study. This study explores the relationship between skiers’ motivation and tourism intention.
Chen Zhao, Huawen Shen
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Hedging by using weather derivatives in winter ski tourism [PDF]

Ekonomika Poljoprivrede (1979), 2018
Tourism, as one of the main driving forces of economic development, is exposed to many risks. Besides frequent fluctuations in foreign currency exchange, prices of fuel and transportation, the tourism industry has become more sensitive to weather ...
Đorđević Bojan S.
doaj   +3 more sources

Climate change effects on ski tourism

Apstract: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, 2017
Nowadays, climate change poses a common recurring problem in our everyday life. The weather forecasts tend to be inaccurate, the swiftly changing weather often makes fun of the people.
Piroska Béki
doaj   +3 more sources

Weather Preferences for Ski Tourism: An Empirical Study on the Largest Ski Resort in Greece

Atmosphere, 2022
Numerous studies have demonstrated the tourism industry to be especially sensitive to weather and climate variability. Snow-related tourism, being largely dependent on climatic resources, is particularly affected by climate change. Our study provides a new index to reflect the climatic suitability of a given destination for snow-related tourism ...
Elena Georgopoulou, Dimitrios Kapetanakis   +1 more
exaly   +3 more sources