An analysis of snow options for ski resort establishments

The sustainability of climate change adaptation strategies in New Zealand's ski industry: a range of stakeholder perceptions

“…The interplay between snow levels and the economic viability of regional ski industries is clear. Beyazit and Koc (2010) identify an asymmetrical relationship between snow depth and ski industry profits which reaches beyond the ski-fields to the wider service sector at a destination (e.g., accommodation providers, cafés, shops and tourism operators). Snow depth affects the tourism industry as broadly defined (e.g., tourism, hospitality and retail) and the wider community at winter tourism destinations.…”

“…The energy, utility, agriculture, retail and tourism industries are all affected by weather and climatic conditions (Beyazit & Koc, 2010). As a tourism sub-sector, the ski industry is particularly vulnerable to forecast climate change manifestations (Dawson & Scott, 2013) including increasing average temperatures and extreme weather events.…”

The impact of seasonality on tourism and hospitality operations in the alpine region of New South Wales, Australia

“…Conversely, global warming has also become a major challenge for many ski operators who are beginning to acknowledge their vulnerability to recent changes in climate. Warmer, shorter winters mean less natural snow and potentially fewer months of operation for seasonal ski resorts (Beyazit and Koc, 2010;Scott and McBoyle, 2007).…”

Comprehensive evaluation of ski resort development conditions in northern China

“…However, these indices were mainly concerned with natural factors affecting ski resort construction and neglected human factors. Climate conditions, including snowfall amounts and depths and winter temperature variations have become research topics in the evaluation of development conditions of ski resorts (Perer, 1994;Elsasser and Bürki, 2002;Bicknell and Mcmanus, 2006;Scott et al, 2008;Beyazit and Koc, 2010;Toeglhofer et al, 2011;Landauer et al, 2012, Pons-Pons et al, 2012Dawson and Scott, 2013). For example, the development conditions of ski resorts were assessed by considering the effects of elevation, slope, and climate change on the temperature, snowfall amount and period, and humidity on ski resorts (Uhlmann et al, 2009).…”