Monday, January 23, 2012

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

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percent from last year, reported Thursday. But the state’es ski resorts had an uptick in visits by FronrtRange residents, and Melanie Mills, Ski Country’s president and CEO, pronouncedx herself “very happy with wherse visitation is for this season.” “The trave industry as a whole was put to the test this past Mills said in a statement. “Buy visitation numbers show not only the enduring value of a Coloradokski vacation, but the strong commitment our residentf skiing and riding community has to our state’ds signature sports.” Ski Country is a marketing and trade groulp for 22 Colorado mountain resorts. Those member resort alone recorded 6.
79 million skier visits this down 6.9 percent from the previouzs year, Ski Country said. Member resort numbers for 2008-09 were down 3.9 percent from the average of the last five SkiCountry said. Ski Country said that in-statd resort visits were up 2.5 percent over last year, as Frontr Range residents took advantage of bargains and stayed closer to home to keep down vacationj andrecreations costs. Ski areas operated by Broomfield-basedc aren’t members of Ski Country. Those resort s include Breckenridge, Vail, Beaver Creek and Vail Resorts last week said its total skiefr visits at all its resorts including Heavenlyin California-Nevada — were down 5.
3 percent from the previousw season.

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