Mont Blanc Faces All-Season Tourism problems
Mont Blanc’s popularity has led to all-season tourism.
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Mont Blanc’s popularity has led to all-season tourism.
A new €60 million ecotourism project in Chamonix hopes to save the final leg of the iconic Vallée Blanche run from the climate crisis
Business owners at France's Chamonix ski resort, their earnings slashed because of the COVID-19 lockdown, are worried they might not be able to welcome back skiers at all before the snows melt and the season ends.
2 Min Read CHAMONIX, France (Reuters) - Business owners at France’s Chamonix ski resort, their earnings slashed because of the COVID-19 lockdown, are worried they might not be able to welcome back skiers at all before the snows melt and the season ends. French ski resorts were prevented from opening their cable cars and ski lifts at the start of the season, driving away the large portion of their visitors who come for downhill skiing. The French government had discussed the possibility of re-opening the ski lifts of Jan. 7, but last week it said that with virus cases still high, that would ...