De l’après-ski à l’après-tourisme, une figure de transition pour les Alpes ?

Winter sports occupy a prominent place in European tourism, not only because of their economic importance in mountainous areas but also due to their major symbolic significance in the "leisure civilisation". Yet the world of winter tourism is full of uncertainties connected with climate ch...

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Main Author: Philippe Bourdeau
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Language:English
Published: Institut de Géographie Alpine 2009-12-01
Series:Revue de Géographie Alpine
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rga/1049
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description Winter sports occupy a prominent place in European tourism, not only because of their economic importance in mountainous areas but also due to their major symbolic significance in the "leisure civilisation". Yet the world of winter tourism is full of uncertainties connected with climate change and also with evolutions and structural breaks that call into question the development model on which it is based. This context of profound change gives us the opportunity to question the limits of the industrial model that has governed the development of the Alps for the practice of skiing and to examine alternative future scenarios to "all-out skiing" and even "all-out tourism".
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spellingShingle Philippe Bourdeau
De l’après-ski à l’après-tourisme, une figure de transition pour les Alpes ?
Revue de Géographie Alpine
Alps
tourism
winter sports resorts
post-tourism
title De l’après-ski à l’après-tourisme, une figure de transition pour les Alpes ?
title_full De l’après-ski à l’après-tourisme, une figure de transition pour les Alpes ?
title_fullStr De l’après-ski à l’après-tourisme, une figure de transition pour les Alpes ?
title_full_unstemmed De l’après-ski à l’après-tourisme, une figure de transition pour les Alpes ?
title_short De l’après-ski à l’après-tourisme, une figure de transition pour les Alpes ?
title_sort de l apres ski a l apres tourisme une figure de transition pour les alpes
topic Alps
tourism
winter sports resorts
post-tourism
url https://journals.openedition.org/rga/1049
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