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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

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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 […]

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Micho | December 6, 2019

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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

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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 […]

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Caitlin Perry | September 26, 2017

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“Will Legalized Marijuana Bolster Ski Tourism in CO and WA?” | by Freeskier Magazine

“I smoked a joint before just about every competition I did.” – Tanner Hall Tess Weaver of Freeskier Magazine just wrote up a great piece about legal marijuana in Washington and Colorado and how it will be a boost to those state’s ski tourism economies. There’s no denying it that it will be a economic advantage. Amsterdam […]