ALEX VANAGAS

TOURISM

WHAT IS TOURISM

• Tourism is the commercial organization and operation of vacations and visits to places of interest.

• Tourism is still growing in British Columbia, it is a dynamic industry and a major economic generator.

HISTORY OF SKIING INDUSTRY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

• 1914: First resort is built at Whistler• 1920: Grouse Mountain’s first lodge is built• 1949: Grouse’s first double chairlift is constructed• 1965: Whistler bid for 1972 Winter Olympics• 1966: Grouse’s blue tram is built • 1966: Whistler officially opens for skiing• 1976: Grouse’s red tram is built• 1978: Blackcomb officially opens for skiing• 2008: Peak 2 Peak opens • 2010: Vancouver and Whistler host the Winter Olympics• 2010: The Eye of the Wind is finished being built on Grouse

HOW IMPORTANT IS TOURISM IN B.C.

• Tourism has become an important sector that an impact on development of country economy. The main benefits of tourism are income creation and generation of jobs.

• For many regions and countries it is the most important source of welfare.

THE PROBLEM

• How will global warming affect British Columbia’s ski industry?

GLOBAL PROBLEM

• British Columbia ski resorts have had less snow than they did historically.

• The French Alps have had much less snow than they had previous years, the winter of 2014/15 was the worst that they had in 40 years.

THE PROBLEM IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

• Cypress, Whistler, and Big White have all had a lot less snow over the past few years.

• Climate on the mountains has been much warmer and is expected to keep getting warmer

THE SOLUTION?

• Global warming is almost impossible to stop but there are ways for the ski industry to have more snow.

• One way they can have more snow is by making snow.

Snowmaking

• To make snow the outside temperature has to be atleast 0 degrees.

• The snowmaking machines break the water down to small particles.

• Then the machines spray the water particles into the air• The water would then come down as ice• One problem with snowmaking is it takes a lot of water

to get a good amount of snow• 200 square feet of snow would take 200,000 cubic feet

of water

Sources

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/British_Columbia_Flag-contour.pnghttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11293374/Ski-holidays-hit-by-warnings-of-poor-snowfalls-in-Alps.htmlhttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/how-bcs-ski-resorts-are-coping-with-global-warming/article22731538/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grouse_Mountain https://grousemountain.com/snowmakinghttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/major-snowstorms-in-bc-stoke-climate-change-worries/article22855378/http://thetyee.ca/News/2014/12/22/Peak-Snow-Ski-Resorts/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistler_Mountain http://www.snowmakers.com/snowmaking-basic.html