The restructuring of winter sports resorts in the French Alps: problems, processes and policies

Importance of early snowfall for Swedish ski resorts: Evidence based on monthly data

“…The change in preferences towards other leisure activities is not new. For the French Alps, Tuppen (2000) suggests that classic downhill skiing is no longer the sole fashionable winter sport activity but only one of many. However, unlike in France, skier participation among Swedish residents increased between the mid-1980s and the end of the 1990s whereas participation in cross-country skiing remained stable over the same period (Fredman & Heberlein, 2003).…”

“…Cost factors are also commonly regarded as a significant determinant of skiing demand (Tuppen, 2000). Morey (1984) distinguishes between costs of lift tickets, transportation costs and ski equipment rental fee.…”

Emotions' Impact On Tourists' Satisfaction with Ski Resorts: The Mediating Role of Perceived Value

“…In addition, these resorts seem to have traditionally privileged a "quantitative" positioning of the offering of each component of the experience, based mainly on the number of slopes, their difficulty levels, number of ski lifts, number of shops and restaurants, etc. (Tuppen, 2000). In other words, these resorts do not position their offerings as a global experience based on emotions and sensations, as one would expect for such a multiday hedonic service.…”

“…As such, winter sports tourism is a strong contributor to growth and economic activity in many mountain regions worldwide (Tsiotsou, 2006;Tuppen, 2000) and has received important attention in the literature. More precisely, during the last two decades, researchers have investigated issues such as the importance of customers' characteristics (Matzler et al, 2007 and segmentation Konu et al, 2011), destinations' positioning (Faullant et al, 2008;Sainaghi, 2008) and competitiveness (Hudson et al, 2004), service quality (Barlas et al, 2010;Hudson and Shephard, 1998), as well as customers' preferences (Siomkos et al, 2006), satisfaction (Ferrand andVecchiatini, 2002, Matzler et al, 2008) and loyalty (Alexandris et al, 2006;Clark and Maher, 2007).…”

Tournament Satisfaction Scale (TOSS)

“…The sports tourism is combination of large variety of small unit services and products in different names such as transportation, lodging, sports activities and facilities, infrastructure, natural surroundings, and social contacts that are provided in the visited region (Huang, Beeco, Hallo & Norman, 2016;Murphy, Pritchard, & Smith, 2000;Thwaites & Chadwick, 2006;Tuppen, 2000). All these small units work as a gear of big wheel in order to run the system effectively.…”