Winter Tourism

Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider, Harold Richins and Stefan Türk

PART I WINTER TOURISM FORCES AND CHALLENGES

2 Winter Tourism Forces and Challenges: Spatial, Socio-Cultural and Economic Issues and Climate Change Adaptation

Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider

3 Winter Sport Destinations, Spatial Planning and Protected Areas

Gero Nischik, Marius Mayer and Hubert Job

4 Winter Resorts, Indigenous Rights and First Nations Planning for Traditional Territories in British Columbia, Canada

Murray B. Rutherford

5 The Different Shades of Snow – An Analysis of Winter Tourism in European Regional Planning and Policy Documents

Dorothee Bohn and Cecilia De Bernardi

6 Winter Tourism in the Alps and the Implications of Climate Change

Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider

7 Climate Change Risk Perceptions in Nature-Based Tourism Systems: A Case Study from Western Maine

Lydia Horne, Sandra De Urioste-Stone, John Daigle, Caroline Noblet, Laura Rickard, Hope Kohtala and Andrew Morgan

8 Alpine Winter Tourists’ View on Climate Change and Travel Mobility

Bruno Abegg, Leandra Jänicke, Rainer Unger and Markus Mailer

9 Climate Change Adaptation – A New Strategy for a Tourism Community: A Case from the Bavarian Alps

Thomas Bausch

10 Economic Relevance of Different Winter Sport Activities Based on Expenditure Behaviour

Marius Mayer and Felix Kraus

11 The Knockout Deal – Pricing Strategies in Alpine Ski Resorts

Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider and Rainer Flaig

12 Snow Sports in Schools and Their Importance for Winter Tourism – A Descriptive Study in North Rhine-Westphalia

Luca Mariotti

13 The Impact of Commercial Snowmobile Guiding on Local Communities

Iain Stewart-Patterson

14 Sustainable Winter and Summer Mountain Tourism Destinations: Idealism or Possible Reality? The Perception of the Millennial Generation Regarding Achieving Success of Sustainability of Whistler, BC, Canada

Ilse van Ipenburg and Harold Richins

PART II WINTER TOURISM EXPERIENCES

15 Winter Tourism Experiences: Visitor Trends, Preferences and Destination Choice; Diversification of Experience Offers; Segments and Marketing

Stefan Türk

16 Winter Recreation Trends in the Swedish Mountains – Challenges and Opportunities

Peter Fredman and Tatiana Chekalina

17 A Matter of Culture: How Cultural Differences Shape Skiing Motivation, Behaviour and Destination Choice

Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider and Nina Mostegl

18 Winter Visitors’ Perceptions in Popular Nature Destinations in Iceland

Anna Dóra Sæþórsdóttir and C. Michael Hall

19 Winter Recreationist Motivations: Motorized, Non-Motorized and Hybrids

Jerry J. Vaske and Aubrey D. Miller

20 Alternative Outdoor Activities in Alpine Winter Tourism

Bruno Abegg, Leandra Jänicke, Mike Peters and Alexander Plaikner

21 Winter Tourism Management and Challenges in the Tatra National Park

Karolina Taczanowska, Mikołaj Bielański, Joanna Hibner, Miłosz Jodłowski and Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica

22 Chinese Guests in Alpine Destinations – What Are They Looking for? A Case Study from Switzerland Regarding Product Preferences and Landscape Perception

Barbara Haller Rupf, Katrin Schillo, Wolfgang G. Arlt and Reto Rupf

23 The 2-Year Tourist: Lifestyle Migration in Whistler, British Columbia

Joe Pavelka

PART III WINTER TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

24 Winter Tourism Development and Sustainability: Regional Development, Ownership and Infrastructure; Environmental Management and Sustainability; Historical and Future Perspectives, Trends and Implications

Harold Richins

25 Development of Downhill Skiing Tourism in Sweden: Past, Present, and Future

O. Cenk Demiroglu, Linda Lundmark and Magnus Strömgren

26 The Challenges of Sustainability in the Management of Ski Resorts: The Experience of the Dolomites

Umberto Martini, Federica Buffa and Serena Lonardi

27 The Role of Cable Cars and Ski Lifts as Key Innovations in the Evolution of Winter Tourism

Marius Mayer

28 Merging of Ski Resorts, Monopolization and Changes in Ownership Structures: The Case of Whistler

Alison M. Gill

29 How to Manage Ski Resorts in an Environmentally Friendly Way – Challenges and Lessons Learnt

Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider and Claudia Hödl

30 Tourism Diversification in the Development of French Ski Resorts

Coralie Achin and Emmanuelle George

31 Preferences for Renewable Energy Sources Among Tourists in the European Alps

Alexandra Jiricka-Pürrer, Johannes Schmied and Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider

32 A Resort Municipality Without Residents? The Case of Jumbo Glacier Resort in the Purcell Mountains of British Columbia, Canada

Cameron E. Owens and Murray B. Rutherford

33 Winter Tourism and Seasonality in Iceland

Þorvardur Árnason and Johannes T. Welling

34 Safety, Risk and Accidents – Experiences from the European Alps

Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider

35 Collaboration and Leadership as Success Factors of a Ski Resort – A Multiple Case Study from Finland

Raija Komppula and Emma Alegria

36 Winter Tourism: Lost in Transition? The Process of Transformation and Inertia of the Ski Industry and Places in the French Alps

Philippe Bourdeau

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