Real Estate Development in the Ski Resorts of the Tarentaise Valley

In the context of a mature winter sports market and ageing accommodation facilities, most contemporary French ski resorts are having to deal with a gradual decline in visitor numbers. Faced with the failure of numerous attempts to introduce rehabilitation measures, new property developments appear t...

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Main Author: Gabriel Fablet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut de Géographie Alpine 2014-03-01
Series:Revue de Géographie Alpine
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rga/2196
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description In the context of a mature winter sports market and ageing accommodation facilities, most contemporary French ski resorts are having to deal with a gradual decline in visitor numbers. Faced with the failure of numerous attempts to introduce rehabilitation measures, new property developments appear the only way to maintain a viable tourism economy in these mountain areas. The purpose of this paper is to gain insights into the real estate development process in ski resorts. Based on the example of the Tarentaise Valley, the paper focuses on the seemingly headlong rush of many resorts into real estate construction. More generally, it analyzes the characteristics of an economic model that is structurally dependent on permanent urban development to ensure its viability.
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spelling doaj-art-81bbedbed808446aaea827edee9ae4592025-01-10T15:54:44ZengInstitut de Géographie AlpineRevue de Géographie Alpine0035-11211760-74262014-03-01101310.4000/rga.2196Real Estate Development in the Ski Resorts of the Tarentaise ValleyGabriel FabletIn the context of a mature winter sports market and ageing accommodation facilities, most contemporary French ski resorts are having to deal with a gradual decline in visitor numbers. Faced with the failure of numerous attempts to introduce rehabilitation measures, new property developments appear the only way to maintain a viable tourism economy in these mountain areas. The purpose of this paper is to gain insights into the real estate development process in ski resorts. Based on the example of the Tarentaise Valley, the paper focuses on the seemingly headlong rush of many resorts into real estate construction. More generally, it analyzes the characteristics of an economic model that is structurally dependent on permanent urban development to ensure its viability.https://journals.openedition.org/rga/2196ski resortsReal Estate developmenttax exemptionstourism planningland pressure
spellingShingle Gabriel Fablet
Real Estate Development in the Ski Resorts of the Tarentaise Valley
Revue de Géographie Alpine
ski resorts
Real Estate development
tax exemptions
tourism planning
land pressure
title Real Estate Development in the Ski Resorts of the Tarentaise Valley
title_full Real Estate Development in the Ski Resorts of the Tarentaise Valley
title_fullStr Real Estate Development in the Ski Resorts of the Tarentaise Valley
title_full_unstemmed Real Estate Development in the Ski Resorts of the Tarentaise Valley
title_short Real Estate Development in the Ski Resorts of the Tarentaise Valley
title_sort real estate development in the ski resorts of the tarentaise valley
topic ski resorts
Real Estate development
tax exemptions
tourism planning
land pressure
url https://journals.openedition.org/rga/2196
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