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World overview of ski resorts
OITAF Congress 2011
Rio de Janeiro – 25.10.2011
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Agenda
� State of the industry– Picturing present situation
� Recent evolution in attendance– A view on the demand side
� Recent evolution in lifts– A view on the supply side
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The state of the industry today
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The world ski market
80 countries 2’000 ski resorts
6’000 places of practice 27’000 lifts
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� Market share in the worldwide skier visits (400 million yearly skier visits)
Eastern Europe &
Central Asia5%
America23%
Western Europe11%
Alps46%
Asia & Pacific15%
Various0%
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Major players (countries)
� A limited number of countries concentrate most of the attendance
Others22%
Majors78%
7 countries
70 countries
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RomaniaChile
New ZealandSlovenia
ArgentinaAustralia
PolandAndorraFinland
CzechRussia
SlovakiaChina
NorwayKorea, South
SpainSweden
GermanyCanada
ItalySwitzerland
JapanAustriaFrance
United States
In million skier visits
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Major players (resorts)
� At national level, a limited number of ski areas concentrate most of the attendance
Example : Switzerland
Other resorts13%
Resorts > 100'000 SV
87%
63 resorts
142 resorts
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Copper MountainHochzillertal-Hochfuegen-Kaltenbach
KillingtonSteamboat
MéribelGstaad-Region
AvoriazVerbier
KeystoneJungfrauregion
St. Anton/St. Christoph/StubenZillertalarena
Serfaus-Fiss-LadisFlaine-Morillon-Samoens-Sixt
Les Deux-AlpesVal d'Isère
Planai-Hochwurzen-Hauser-Kaibling-ReiteralmAdelboden-Lenk
St. MoritzChamonix
VailMammoth
Serre-ChevallierBreckenridge
ZermattDavos-Klosters
Flachau-Wagrein-AlpendorfTignes
Les MénuiresZillertal 3000 -Mayrhofen
SoeldenVal Thorens
Whistler BlackcombL'Alpe d'Huez
Saalbach Hinterglemm LeogangIschgl/Samnaun Silvretta Arena
KitzbuehlCourchevel-Méribel-Mottaret
Les ArcsSkiWelt Wilder Kaiser-Brixental
La Plagne
In million skier visits
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Who are the skiers ?
� Spread of the skiers upon country of origin (110 million skiers estimated worldwide)
Alps21%
Eastern Europe &
Central Asia13%
America20%
Asia & Pacific19%
Various1%
Western Europe26%
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� Strength of national customer base of most of the big players. Foreign visitors concentrate on a few top international resorts.
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Spain
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Ukra
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Japan
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Share of foreign visitors
Domestic Foreigners
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National vs international
� Share in the number of skiers of foreign visitors is less than one sixth of total attendance
Internationals14%
Nationals86%
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Recent evolution in attendance
A view on the demand side
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Europe - Alps
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- 5.7 %
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� Attendance is still on a growing trend in some countries
Evolution of the 5 years average attendance (million skier visits)
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Austria
France
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Europe - Alps
� ... while on a rather declining trend in some others
Evolution of the 5 years average attendance (million skier visits)
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Italia
Switzerland
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Skier visits (million)
+ 3.4 %
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North America
� Mature markets; USA however successfully fighting against decline in visitation
Evolution of the 5 years average attendance (million skier visits)
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Canada
USA (left)
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Skier visits (million)
- 4.2 %
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Europe – Other western countries
� Norway still showing some real growth trend, while Andorra suffering
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Finland
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Sweden
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Skier visits (million)- 2.5 %
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Asia - Pacific
� Decline in Japan, growth in South Korea, maturity in Australia / New Zealand
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Australia
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Japan (left)
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Recent evolution in lifts
A view on the supply side
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New lifts
New lifts deliveries by regions
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Various
Europe
East
Asia
America
Alps
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New lifts deliveries by lift type
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Surface lifts
Chair-fix
Chair-detachable
Tram
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Lifts - evolution
4'000 3'000 2'000 1'000 0 1'000
France
Austria
United States
Japan
Italy
Germany
Switzerland
Inventory Renewals 2001-2010
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CanadaPoland
SwedenCzechChina
NorwaySlovakia
RussiaFinland
SpainSloveniaAustralia
ArgentinaRomania
Korea, SouthChile
AndorraGreece
Inventory Renewals 2001-2010
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Lifts - evolution
2001-2010 renewal rate
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Armenia
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Serbia
Korea, South
Georgia
Italy
Austria
France
Switzerland
Canada
United States
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Evolution of the number of lifts in France and Switzerland
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Further reference
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