According to the first trends, reservations should increase by 7% over one year. The ten million tourists will however have to spend more, because of soaring energy prices.
Skiers are expected to hit the slopes in droves this winter. The National Observatory of mountain resorts estimates a 7% increase over one year in the occupancy rate of resorts, for the entire season. If it’s just “the first trends“, they are “encouragingfor the president of the National Association of Mountain Resort Mayors (ANMSM), Jean-Luc Boch.
The 2021-2022 season had already marked a renewed interest in the mountains, with a 20% increase in attendance compared to 2019. Jean-Luc Boch believes that this was “a quite remarkable season, after a white season in 2020-2021because of Covid-19. “This reinforces the work undertaken by our resorts for several years, particularly in terms of reception and activities.“, he completes.
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In detail, the first week of Christmas should record a 3% increase in reservations, despite a second week late on previous years. Jean-Luc Boch predicts that “the tourists…