Is ski tourism heading downhill thanks to climate change?
Is ski tourism on a downward slope or can winter holiday resorts weather the ongoing impact of climate change?Staffordshire University graduate Rachael Carver and Professor Fiona Tweed investigate the impacts of melting snow and ice on the future of tourism in a new paper published in Geography.
The article is based on field research that Rachael undertook in the European Alps for her dissertation and highlights how resorts are introducing a range of measures to prolong the ski season including glacier blankets and artificial snow.
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