Mountain tourism and winter resorts

dc.contributor.author	Βαρβαρέσος, Στυλιανός	el
dc.contributor.author	Σωτηριάδης, Μάριος	el
dc.date.accessioned	2014-12-18T15:13:46Z
dc.date.available	2014-12-18T15:13:46Z
dc.date.issued	2014-12-18
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/2982
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.subject	Μountain tourism
dc.subject	Winter resorts
dc.subject	Modeis
dc.subject	Ski centers
dc.subject	Tourism planning
dc.subject	Greece
dc.subject	Τουρισμός
dc.subject	Ελλάδα
dc.subject	Χειμερινός τουρισμός
dc.subject	Χειμερινά θέρετρα
dc.title	Mountain tourism and winter resorts	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.secondaryTitle	a study of Greek ski centers	en
heal.classification	Voyages and travels
heal.classification	Hospital management
heal.classification	Τουρισμός
heal.classification	Διοίκηση και οργάνωση
heal.classificationURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85144443
heal.classificationURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94003984
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Τουρισμός
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Διοίκηση και οργάνωση
heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Διοίκησης και Οικονομίας.Τμήμα Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων.Κατεύθυνση Διοίκηση Τουριστικών Επιχειρήσεων και Επιχειρήσεων Φιλοξενίας.	el
heal.publicationDate	2007
heal.bibliographicCitation	Varvaressos, S. and Soteriades, M., (2007) Mountain tourism and winter resorts: a study pf Greek ski centers. Archieves of Economic History. XIX (2). p.119-144	en
heal.abstract	The initiation of leisure and sports activities in the second half of the 20th century led to the transformation of a considerable number of mountain spatial units into attractive tourism hosting zones. Determinant factors were landscape quality, local authenticity and quality of tourist services. Sports and recreational activities related to skiing have contributed to the gradual development of tourist flows, while winter resorts have rendered mountain tourism more accessible and popular. This evolution has f led to four specific models for winter resorts implemented in the Alpine countries over the past century. The four models serve as a reference framework in our study, which looks at Greek ski centres. As a country hosting mass leisure tourism, Greece has developed the industry by implementing a spontaneous development model centring on the sun; mountain tourism, and winter sports in particular, have never been a priority in the national tourism policy. When compared to the four models devised for ‘winter resorts’ implemented in the Alps, the twenty-one ‘ski centres’ operating in Greece are clearly representative of the spontaneous model of tourism development adopted and implemented in the Greek mountains. Simultaneously, such comparison highlights the urgent need to adopt a tourism planning approach and to implement appropriate action plans for mountain tourism as a constituent part of Greek tourism policy at both at the national and regional level. Hence, this paper focuses on the analysis of Greek ski centres and seeks to contribute to the discussion regarding the development model for mountain tourism / winter resorts.	en
heal.journalName	Αρχείον οικονομικής ιστορίας	el
heal.journalName	Archives of economical history	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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