MAINTENANCE – President of the National Association of Mayors of Mountain Resorts, Jean-Luc Boch looks back on the “mellow period” which led to the closure of half of the ski slopes in France.
Will the French be able to hit the slopes this winter? After two years marked by the Covid, the professionals hoped to be able to take advantage of a good season to put their long-term proven accounts back on track. Patatras: this time, the obstacle did not come from a virus, nor from a strike, but from the weather. This Tuesday, several players, including Domaines skiables de France, warned of the consequences of particularly mild temperatures at the end of December. The snow recedes under the battering of the sun, even resulting in the closure of half of the slopes in France.
President of the National Association of Mountain Resort Mayors (ANMSM) and boss of France Montagnes, Jean-Luc Boch analyzes a winter that “will still be complicated», rebels against the «ski bashingand returns for Le Figaro on the concerns as well as the hopes of professionals.
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LE FIGARO. – Covid-19, fears linked to purchasing power and inflation, and now the good weather which prevents the maintenance of snow… Ski resorts have been doubly unlucky in recent years, multiplying the difficult seasons. What conclusions can we draw from previous seasons? Did you go up the slope?
JEAN-LUC BOCH. – Last winter was indeed excellent, thanks to the very demanding local clientele who come to our massifs and have chosen the French mountains. 70% of our clientele is national, the others being mainly local internationals, such as Belgians, Dutch or British. It is also a destination with a good carbon footprint, where you go by train.
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