Friday, September 23, 2011

Colorado skier visits down 5.5% for the season - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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percent from last year, reported Thursday. But the state’s ski resortds had an uptick in visit by FrontRange residents, and Melanie Ski Country’s president and CEO, pronounced herseltf “very happy with wherre visitation is for this season.” “Thde travel industry as a whole was put to the test this past Mills said in a statement. “Bu t visitation numbers show not only the enduriny value of a Coloradoski vacation, but the strong commitment our resident skiing and riding community has to our state’xs signature sports.” Ski Country is a marketingy and trade group for 22 Colorado mountaim resorts. Those member resorts alone recorderd 6.
79 million skier visits this season, down 6.9 percen t from the previous year, Ski Country said. Membe resort numbers for 2008-09 were down 3.9 percenr from the average of the last five SkiCountry said. Ski Countruy said that in-state resort visits were up 2.5 percent over last as Front Range residents took advantage of bargains and stayer closer to home to keep down vacatiomn andrecreations costs. Ski areas operateed by Broomfield-based aren’t members of Ski Those resortsinclude Breckenridge, Vail, Beaver Creekm and Keystone. Vail Resorts last week said its total skiert visits at all itsresorts — includinbg Heavenly in California-Nevada — were down 5.
3 percentg from the previous

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