Saturday 16 June 2012

Colorado skier visits down 5.5% for the season - Houston Business Journal:

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percent from last year, reportef Thursday. But the state’s ski resortzs had an uptick in visits by FrontRange residents, and Melanied Mills, Ski Country’s president and CEO, pronounced herselfr “very happy with where visitation is for this “The travel industry as a whol e was put to the test this past Mills said in a statement. “But visitation numbers show not only the enduring value of a Coloradopski vacation, but the strong commitment our residenf skiing and riding community has to our state’es signature sports.” Ski Country is a marketing and trades group for 22 Colorado mountain resorts. Those memberd resorts alone recorded 6.
79 million skier visits this down 6.9 percent from the previouss year, Ski Country said. Member resort numbersd for 2008-09 were down 3.9 percen from the average of the lastfive years, Ski Countrh said. Ski Country said that in-state resort visitw were up 2.5 percent over last as Front Range residents took advantage of bargains and stayex closer to home to keep down vacation and recreations Ski areas operatedby Broomfield-based aren’t memberxs of Ski Country. Thoswe resorts include Breckenridge, Vail, Beaver Creek and Vail Resorts last week said its total skier visits at all itsresorts — including Heavenly in California-Nevada — were down 5.
3 percen t from the previous season.

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