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Hello and welcome to the show where its pretty safe to say, 11 months on from the start of the pandemic, travel to and from the uk has pretty much ground to a halt. laughs. and if youre like me and you just cant wait for the opportunity to get back on the road again and see more of the world than your own front garden, then why not stick with us? we will be updating you with how the travel industry is trying to cope with the pandemic, plus, a bit of inspiration for things to see and do once thos...

Now on bbc news, the travel show. rajan datar finds out how alpine ski resorts are dealing with a winter season of closures and lockdowns and visits the italian hilltop village thats fighting for its future. coming up on this weeks show: an uphill struggle for europes ski resorts. the lift closures changed a lot things so people came here for cross—country skiing. gorgeous view. the italian village trying to stay on its hilltop. and the show that must go on in dubai. i have no safety, i have n...

My name is danielle, i have been a ski instructor in chamonix for 20 years now. so the left closures have changed a lot of things in the valley, you can imagine, because chamonix valley is very, very famous for downhill ski. people came here in the holidays for the last christmas holidays here in chamonix and the change of ski came here with the cross—country ski. it was incredible. we have so many people here on loop, many skiers in chamonix. i have never seen that, never. we have so many peo...

Your own front garden, they might stick with us? we will be updating you with how the travel industry is trying to cope with the pandemic, plus, a bit of inspiration for things to see and do once those travel corridors are reinstalled and we can perhaps start again. but first, its that time of the year when some of us start packing our ski suits and get ready to hit the slopes. but with an ongoing global pandemic and travel restrictions the world, travelling to the mountains is an uphill struggl...

Exploring again. but first, its that time of the year when some of us start packing our ski suits and get ready to hit the slopes. but with an ongoing global pandemic and travel restrictions alll across the world, travelling to the mountains is an uphill struggle. in the uk, all the ski resorts in scotland have closed their ski lifts until the current lockdown is lifted. elsewhere, in europe, many ski stations have simply shut down for the season or remain open only for the locals. chamonix is o...

Hello and welcome to the show where its pretty safe to say, 11 months on from the start of the pandemic, travel to and from the uk has pretty much ground to a halt. laughs and if youre like me and you just cant wait for the opportunity to get back on the road again and see more of the world than your own front garden, then why not stick with us? we will be updating you with how the travel industry is trying to cope with the pandemic, plus, a bit of inspiration for things to see and do once those...

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Fighting for its future. coming up on this weeks show: an uphill struggle for europes ski resorts. the lift closures changed a lot things so people came here for cross—country skiing. gorgeous view. the italian village trying to stay on its hilltop. and the show that must go on in dubai. i have no safety, i have no harness. i cannot have mistakes.

I have never seen that, never. we had so many people trying to have some lessons. we didnt have enough ski instructors in the valley. that was incredible. some people will come back to cross—country skiing next year too because they enjoy it. see where we are, look at the snow, the snow on the trees. it is much more quiet than downhill skiing. you have always got the noise of the chairlifts, its very noisy. here its, its a totally different atmosphere so i think they enjoy this a lot.

Are a little bit more normal hopefully. i for others, the closure of ski lifts has been a way of rediscovering other things to do in the snow, like sledging. because the alpine skiing is not possible, we have had customers who have been asking for the new things, and the new thing is touring skis. this is a touring skis with a proper binding. you have got pins on the front which helps the boots to go like this when youre climbing. and then you put the skins on the skis like this,