How the 2034 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City Could Affect Utah’s Economy and Housing Market Salt Lake City is one of the top contenders for hosting the 2034 Winter Olympics. The city’s organization committee unveiled its budget earlier this week. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is expected to review the numbers and officially grant the 2034 Winter Games to the city. Salt Lake City has hosted the Olympics before in 2002. The IOC advertises the […] Industry News Leander Walchshöfer | June 14, 2024 0 Comments
National Park Visitor Spending Contributed $28.6 Billion to US Economy in 2020 The National Park Service yesterday announced that visitor spending in communities near national parks in 2020 resulted in a $28.6 billion benefit to the nation’s economy and supported 234,000 jobs. “The pandemic reminds us all of the importance of the outdoors not only to our economy but also to our health and wellness. We are excited to welcome visitors back outdoors […] SnowBrains | June 11, 2021 0 Comments
12,000 Pounds of Rockfall Destroys Vital Infrastructure in Ouray, Colorado’s Ice Park [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqW0OcLe4dE&t=4s"] Dominic Gawel | March 31, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
South Korea to Shut Down all Ski Areas through January 3rd South Korea Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun recently announced it has closed its ski areas and winter tourist attractions from December 24th to January 3rd to help contain the spread of the nation’s third wave of COVID-19. This is one of the busiest parts of ski season and will contribute to slowing the spread in South Korea. South Korea has 21 […] Industry News Dominic Gawel | December 26, 2020 0 Comments
California Issues Travel Advisory as State COVID Cases Surpass 1,000,000 Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued a travel advisory for the state of California as state COVID cases pass 1 million and continue to surge ahead of Thanksgiving. State officials are asking residents not to travel out of state for the holiday and are recommending that those who do quarantine for at least 14 days when they return. “California just surpassed a […] SnowBrains | November 13, 2020 0 Comments
RIP Powder Magazine… Or Will It Comeback From the Dead? As if 2020 had not brought enough pain, news broke on or about October 2, 2020, that Powder Magazine, “The Skier’s Magazine,” was being discontinued after their parent company A360 Media, LLC ( formerly American Media, LLC), announced that the entire editorial staff would be placed on indefinite furlough, effective November 20, 2020, when operations of the magazine, the website, […] Industry News Galen Carrico | October 27, 2020 0 Comments
Canadian Ski Resorts Want Piece of $1.5 Billion Recovery Plan The government of British Columbia approved $1.5 billion towards helping the economy recover from COVID-19. How will it be spent and who will receive a piece of the pie? That remains to be seen, but Canadian ski resorts want to make sure they have a spot at the table. 37 ski resorts can be found in British Columbia, ranging from […] Industry News Taylor Stephan | August 21, 2020 0 Comments
Vail, CO Town Council Approves $1 Million in Rent Relief The Vail Town Council unanimously voted recently to allocate $1 million for commercial rent relief. The measure is intended to help small businesses with the tourism downturn. Normally, summers are bustling in Vail with a small slowdown in the fall. This year tourists are almost nonexistent. In the towns of Breckenridge and Aspen, similar measures have been adopted to boost […] Industry News Alex Camerino | August 20, 2020 1 Comment
The Economy Created By U.S. National Parks The National Park system in the U.S. has 419 sites across 50 states. The National Parks allow locals and travelers to unprecedented outdoor recreation, views, and life-changing experiences. With some now reopening with strict social distancing requirements, now is the time to think about how crucial these sites are to the local economy. In recent years visitor spending at National […] Brains Ryan Flynn | June 26, 2020 0 Comments
2 Commercial Airliners Ask for Temporary Suspensions of Aspen, CO Air Service Commercial airlines American and Delta are asking the U.S. Department of Transportation if they can temporarily suspend their services to and from Aspen, Colorado. Both airlines had to keep flights to Aspen on their schedules during May in order to qualify for stimulus funds under the federal CARES Act, Aspen Daily News reports. Bill Tomcich, an Aspen air-travel consultant and […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 29, 2020 0 Comments
Video Shows Newly Re-Opened San Diego, CA Beach Extremely Packed with Surfers At Sunrise on Monday, April 27, San Diego County reopened many of its beaches to the general public, but things got weird quickly. The county discontinued restrictions for beach-goers and surfers while keeping the restrictions for motorized boating in place. But, in less than an hour after one San Diego beach re-opened it was already packed with hundreds of […] Surf SnowBrains | April 28, 2020 0 Comments
Austrian Tourism Industry Suffers Near $2B Loss as a Result of Quarantine-Measures Austria is now known to have been an initial epicenter for COVID-19 cases on the European landmass, specifically in the ski town/party destination of Ischgl regarded as the ‘Ibiza of the Alps.’ Â Over 2,500 cases have been linked back to a ski area which has now become the subject of a criminal investigation and the area has been on a […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | April 28, 2020 0 Comments
Utah Search and Rescue Volunteers Working Tirelessly During Pandemic It’s mid-April and despite an invisible enemy that’s put the world economy on gridlock and forced millions worldwide to shelter indoors, not a whole lot has changed for Utah’s search and rescue teams. Despite National Park closures, they are still busier than ever, if not even more so now, as temperatures rise and spring weather nicens. “Work for us […] Martin Kuprianowicz | April 21, 2020 0 Comments
Craft Beer: Sales Down 77%, Most Craft Breweries Wont Survive 3 Months, Survey Says America’s craft beer industry is in trouble. Median sales for the craft-beer industry have plummeted 77% since the coronavirus closed bars and restaurants last month. A new survey now shows that most breweries say they can’t survive three months under current conditions, the National Brewers Association reports. The results of this survey taken last week show a sharp drop in sales and […] SnowBrains | April 17, 2020 1 Comment
Hope for the Ski Industry: 3 Nations Still Have Open Ski Resorts — More May Open Theirs Soon As the world stands still, ski lifts everywhere have stopped spinning. All North American ski resorts are now closed, there are rumors that ski areas in New Zealand and Australia may not open for their winter season, and a tremendous amount of uncertainty is present about how the next ski season is going to look due to the possibility that […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | April 14, 2020 1 Comment
The Hardest Hit Companies of the COVID-19 Economic Crisis : ‘BEACH’ Stocks The COVID-19 pandemic has spread to over 100 countries and governments everywhere are implementing strict travel restrictions. As a result, “Beach” stocks, companies in the entertainment and travel sectors, have seen a $332 billion market loss in the past month, Visual Capitalist reports. Beach stocks are companies involved with: Booking Entertainment & live events Airlines Cruises and Casinos Hotels & […] Brains The Brains | April 7, 2020 0 Comments
National Parks Are Closing Due to COVID-19, Many Still Offering Virtual Tours U.S. national parks around the country are closing because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yosemite National Park closed last Friday, March 20, and so did Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. Denali National Park is closing all visitor centers and public spaces, but keeping trails open for the time being. It’s a hard decision for park officials, but they believe it […] SnowBrains | March 25, 2020 0 Comments
Sustainability And Holiday Destinations: The Zermatt Case Sustainability is, without a doubt, a topic that has gained a lot of popularity in the last couple of decades. Nowadays people care about things like the carbon print they leave, the source where the energy they use is coming from, and how are the soil, the forests, and the wildlife impacted by the products they are consuming. These concerns […] Brains Micho | December 6, 2019 2 Comments
National Park Visitors Added $35.8 Billion to the US Economy Last Year | $1 Billion Increase over Previous Year The National Park Service released an economic report on Wednesday that found a tidy $35.8 billion was added to the U.S. economy in 2017 due to national park visitation, reports Adventure Sports Network. The report includes information on visitor spending, the number of jobs supported by visitor spending and other statistics. “This report illustrates the incredible economic value of our […] Steven Agar | April 27, 2018 0 Comments
The Importance of Immigration in Ski Towns Not only is the government restricting immigration from specific countries they are now looking into cutting down the J-1 cultural exchange program. This program includes 13 categories and allows up to 300,000 foreign visitors to come to the United States each year. The majority of participants in this program are students on their school breaks and are under the […] Industry News Caitlin Perry | September 26, 2017 4 Comments
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