Friday, August 24, 2012

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

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percent from last year, reported Thursday. But the state’s ski resorts had an uptick in visits by Front Range andMelanie Mills, Ski Country’s presidentt and CEO, pronounced herself “veryg happy with where visitation is for this season.” “Thwe travel industry as a whole was put to the test this past Mills said in a “But visitation numbers show not only the enduring value of a Coloradol ski vacation, but the strong commitment our resident skiing and riding community has to our state’s signature Ski Country is a marketing and trade group for 22 Coloradpo mountain resorts. Those member resorts alone recordedc 6.
79 million skier visits this season, down 6.9 percenr from the previous year, Ski Country Member resort numbersfor 2008-09 were down 3.9 percenrt from the average of the last five Ski Country said. Ski Country said that in-state resort visit were up 2.5 percent over last year, as Frong Range residents took advantage of bargainss and stayed closer to home to keep down vacatiob andrecreations costs. Ski areasd operated by Broomfield-based aren’t members of Ski Those resortsinclude Breckenridge, Vail, Beaverd Creek and Keystone. Vail Resorts last week said its totakl skier visits at all itsresorts — includingt Heavenly in California-Nevada — were down 5.
3 percent from the previous season.

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