Partly Due to the down Turn Many Skiing Companies Will Be Reducing Their Number of Catered Ski Chalets
In part due to the global recession snowboarding holiday sales dropped last season.
This is despite of very good pre season bookings coupled with brilliant snow.
This drop in no.s comes after 6 seasons of successive development within the snowboarding industry, and the numbers dropped from 1.2 million in 2008 to less than a million last season.
This is partly due to snowboarders giving their annual snowboarding vacation a miss, and additional vacationers who would typically take two or more snowboarding vacations, just had one.
Sales for the independent travel sector fell by 15% and some low priced airlines reducing the no. of routes to some cities.
Tour operators saw their bookings falling by around 15%.
Even so, the top six companies share remained at 70% and skiing holidays France retained its position as the most visited ski destination with around 37% of the skiing market.
Because of this many ski operators lowered the number of catered chalets they rent this coming season.
The catered chalet markets in particular are going to see a drop in numbers in light of the fact that a catered chalet incurs more costs in terms of employees and rental if it is unsold.
It is unlikely therefore that we shall witness the type of special offers that were available this year.
Prices are likely to rise, they are unlikely to go up a lot.
