Duration of the Snow Cover and the Need for Artificial Snow—A Challenge for Management in Ski-Centres of Serbia

Joksimović, Marko; Sabic, Dejan; Vujadinović, Snežana; Golić, Rajko; Gajić, Mirjana

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-03383-5_10

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“…Skiing and winter tourism will be impossible in regions located more to the south, or these sectors will have to face great challenges and find adaptation strategies to the changing climatic conditions (e.g. Damm, A. et al 2014;Joksimovic, M. et al 2018;Moreno-Gené, J. et al 2018;Spandre, P. et al 2019). Even if snow management, i.e.…”

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Future changes of snow-related variables in different European regions

Kis

Pongrácz

2023

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Snow has an important role in the climate system and also has environmental, natural and socio-economic impacts. Temperature, precipitation, snow coverage, snow depth and snowmelt are analysed in this study for 1971–2099 based on EURO-CORDEX simulations. In order to measure uncertainty, three different scenarios (RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP8.5) and five different regional climate models are taken into account. The investigation focuses on eight regions, characterised by different climatic conditions (maritime, continental, boreal). Relative changes of the selected parameters are calculated for 2021–2050 and 2069–2098 compared to 1971–2000 reference period, in addition to the evaluation of the simulated reference. The relative role of the three main uncertainty factors (internal climatic variability, model selection, and used scenario) is also analysed. According to our results, model selection and internal variability possess the most important roles. Based on the multi-model mean, annual mean temperature and precipitation total will increase, the snow cover period will become shorter (the higher the radiative forcing change in the scenario, the greater the decrease), and the snowmelt process is likely to occur earlier in the northern region. Thus, the warming trend seems to have a greater effect on the snow-related variables than increasing precipitation trends. These projected changes may have a huge impact on winter tourism and sports, hence, appropriate adaptation strategies will be crucial.

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Future changes of snow-related variables in different European regions

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Pongrácz

2023

HunGeoBull

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“…There are total of 80 ski runs in Serbia with accompanying equipment, of which 46% are equipped with artificial snowmaking systems. Such systems have been built in six mountain ski resorts: Kopaonik, Stara Planina, Zlatibor, Tara, Brezovica, and Divčibare (Joksimović et al, 2019). The largest ski resorts in Serbia (Kopaonik, Stara Planina, Brezovica, and Zlatibor) are managed by a state-owned company, Skijališta Srbije, which is financed from several sources: the budget of the Republic of Serbia, sale of ski passes, advertising space, rental of business premises, selling schools the right to instruct skiers, provision of services in the ski resorts (organization of races, engagement of special machinery), subsidies, capital projects, and financial loans.…”

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“…With a distribution of 66% of overnight stays in the winter season and 34% during the rest of the year, Kopaonik has the highest winter season overnight rate when compared with other ski centers in Serbia. In the period between 1991 and 2016, there was a significant correlation between the average number of days with snow cover by month and the average number of tourist overnights in Kopaonik (Joksimović et al, 2019). In the period between 2010 and 2018, the number of overnights doubled.…”

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Artificial Snowmaking: Winter Sports Between State-Owned Company Policy and Tourist Demand

Joksimović

Gajić

Vujadinović

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Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research

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Due to changing climatic conditions, artificial snowmaking has become a major method of ski resort adaptation globally. It is a financially intensive operation requiring high start-up investment and involving operating costs that are dependent on weather conditions. Operational costs and the expansion of artificial snowmaking systems increase the price of ski passes. In our work, we analyzed the operations of a public company that operates the largest ski resorts in Serbia and directs the flow of winter sports tourism. We tried to determine, by means of correlation, the extent to which ski pass prices in the biggest winter resort in Serbia are influenced by factors such as natural snow cover, number of tourist overnights, ski run length, and local wages. The results of the survey indicate an increasing transformation of the ski resort into a thematic attraction independent of climatic factors in terms of determining ski pass prices.

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Sport Ecology and the Environmental Sport Movement

McCullough

Murfree

2021

The Palgrave Handbook of Global Sustainability

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Duration of the Snow Cover and the Need for Artificial Snow—A Challenge for Management in Ski-Centres of Serbia

Cited by 4 publications

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Future changes of snow-related variables in different European regions

Future changes of snow-related variables in different European regions

Artificial Snowmaking: Winter Sports Between State-Owned Company Policy and Tourist Demand

Sport Ecology and the Environmental Sport Movement

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