Problems of the French Winter Sport Resorts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11410040 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bernard Barbier (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 5-11 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tourism Recreation Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0250-8281 • E-ISSN: 2320-0308 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02508281.1993.11014673 |
| OpenAlex | W2006619791 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
Winter sports have helped mountain development in France. These resorts have witnessed lean days during the mid-eighties for poor snow cover. This was a period when the white gold did not add to mountain economy. The situation has improved since 1991. Unlike Austrian village ski resorts, France has big sized winter tourism resorts which ask for better management, fulsome snow cover, besides respect for ecology. The paper discusses these problems in three parts: Resorts and the clientele, grouping of ski-areas and development and environment
Business · Geography · Political science · Recreation · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
Recent Developments in Alpine Tourism
Competing for Meadows
Hemmnisse für den Tourismuswandel
Verrouillages à la transition touristique
Tourism transition lock-ins
Mega-events and impacts on tourism; the predictions and realities of the Lillehammer Olympics
Encountering tartiflette
Do tourism-based ski resorts contribute to the homogeneous development of the Mediterranean mountains? A case study in the Central Spanish Pyrenees
Skilled consumption and UK ski holidays
From Innovation to New Sport Development
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2025 (30) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |