Skiers Defy Challenging Snow Conditions
Friday, July 20th, 2007
Despite conditions for skiing in Europe being somewhat problematic for large periods of the 2006-07 season, Britain’s skiers still took to the slopes in good numbers.
In total, 1.19 million people travelled overseas for a ski holiday last ski season, a rise of three per cent from 921,000 the previous year.
This rise over the 2006-7 season occurred despite adverse conditions with limited snow at some sites.
France remained the most popular ski holiday destination, according to the industry report from Crystal Ski, with trips to the country accounting for 37.1 per cent of the market.
Elsewhere in Europe, Switzerland’s number of visitors continued to grow, while Italy, Andorra and Bulgaria were static or saw falls, in some respects down to a lack of snow on the continent.
North America also saw a fall in visitors on a ski holiday, according to Crystal Ski, although this was only 0.1 per cent suggesting there is plenty of Brits heading to Canada and the United States for their ski fix.
In December 2006, Churchill published its SnowFuture report, claiming that many pistes are at risk of becoming devoid of snow by 2050 as a result of climate change if carbon emissions continue at their current rate.
