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SKI Touring in Poland: Who Takes Part in this Form of Specialised Tourism? How Do They Take Part and Why? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The article presents a description of ski touring by Polish tourists. The author is looking for answers to the following questions: Who goes on this form of tourism? How and why? How experienced are the tourists? Are they aware of the risks involved? Are
Iwona Jażdżewska, Jażdżewska, Iwona
core   +2 more sources

Multilocal Practices in a Pleasure Periphery: A Typology of Time, Space and Activity

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract The prerequisites, conditions and drivers of multilocality, that is, leading an everyday life in multiple places, were transformed through the accelerated adoption of remote work triggered by the COVID‐19 pandemic. We bring new perspectives to the field of multilocality research by exploring and theorising multilocal practices through a post ...
Nicolai Ekecrantz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychological drivers of decision making in ski tourists: Impact of destination attractiveness, satisfaction, and place attachment

open access: yesActa Psychologica
A comprehensive literature review revealed that most scholars in the field of ski tourism have examined destination attractiveness as an external factor and that the pathway from cognitive evaluation to emotional attachment to behavioral intention ...
Shuai Zhang, Kyungsik Kim
doaj   +1 more source

Artificial snowmaking possibilities and climate change based on regional climate modeling in the Southern Black Forest

open access: yesMeteorologische Zeitschrift, 2012
Winter sport, especially ski tourism - is one of those sectors of tourism that will be affected by climate change. Ski resorts across the Alps and in the adjacent low mountain ranges react to warm winter seasons by investing in artificial snowmaking. But
Philipp Schmidt   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Competitiveness Analysis of Dizin and Palandöken Ski Resorts: From Indicator Identification to Performance Evaluation Using the IPCA Analysis [PDF]

open access: yesگردشگری و اوقات فراغت
In the highly competitive market of the sports tourism industry, understanding the competitive position of a destination is of great importance for destination managers.
Hooman Sabzavi, Amin Dehghan
doaj   +1 more source

Reduced cardiovascular mortality at moderate altitude: a putative role of physical activity and body mass

open access: yesThe Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Benefits of performing physical exercise at moderate altitude. At moderate altitude, increased resting metabolic rate and physical exertion promote physical fitness and exercise tolerance, whereas hypoxia suppresses appetite and elicits adaptations that increase tissue O2 delivery while augmenting O2‐independent ATP production ...
Robert T. Mallet   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing ski tourism transformations to climate change: A multi-stakeholder participatory approach in diverse Canadian destinations

open access: yesAnnals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights
Canadian ski tourism destinations face increasing climate and carbon risks yet are not currently prepared to adapt to climate change or a decarbonized future.
Natalie L.B. Knowles, Daniel Scott
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating the Competitiveness of Iran’s Winter Tourism Destinations [PDF]

open access: yesMuṭāli̒āt-i Mudīriyyat-i Gardishgarī
With increasing competition in tourism and rising tourist expectations, destination competitiveness has become crucial. However, no comprehensive assessment of Iran’s ski resorts had been conducted.
Hooman Sabzavi, Amin Dehghan
doaj   +1 more source

Ruins in the Field: Materiality, Spectres and Pluritemporal Encounters of the Oxford University Arctic Expedition

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 4, December 2026.
Short Abstract This paper contributes to conceptual debates on ruins by generating novel insights into how encounters with the haunted materialities of ruins in the field inform (post)colonial trajectories of exploration. Empirically, it examines how material and spectral traces of past lives in the field, alongside play with categories of absence and ...
Johanne M. Bruun
wiley   +1 more source

Terry Peak Ski Lift, Lead SD, Lawrence County

open access: yes, 1968
2 x 2 b/w negative, ski lift on a grassy hillside2233A 84-84 Origin Economic & Tourism Development68-0192B-3 Terry Peak Strip negatives 1968 ...
Division of Tourism
core   +1 more source

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