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An Alpine "arms race": the desire for fun and games
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zopemaster
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published
Dec 12, 2012
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last modified
Apr 24, 2024 03:26 PM
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filed under:
tourism policy, tourism concepts,
tourism,
leisure and recreation,
regional planning, regional development, land use
Europe's highest suspension bridge is being opened in Switzerland, while an Austrian peak is getting a four-armed cross that is accessible to visitors - unbelievable adventures in the Alps.
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Links between the sustainable development of tourism and regional/spatial planning
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by
zopemaster
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:13 AM
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filed under:
tourism,
leisure and recreation,
regional planning, regional development, land use,
sustainable development
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Next generation to bear risk of Winter Olympics
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by
zopemaster
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published
Dec 12, 2012
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM
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filed under:
sporting events,
sport,
winter sports, skiing areas,
leisure and recreation,
regional planning, regional development, land use,
Olympics
The Swiss canton of Graubünden wants to hold a "sustainable" Winter Olympics in 2022. While the many open questions regarding the candidacy have stirred passions in Switzerland, Munich's candidacy is not quite so controversial. But time is pressing.
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Obligatory rentals for planned Swiss resort
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by
zopemaster
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published
Aug 14, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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filed under:
land settlement,
leisure and recreation,
regional planning, regional development, land use,
depopulation,
demographics
The Egyptian entrepreneur Samih Sawiris does not want the resort he is planning in Andermatt/CH to become a ghost town. His solution: anyone who purchases a house or apartment as a second home must sign a contract agreeing to rent the property whenever they are not in residence.
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Publication: The Alps in 2010
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by
zopemaster
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published
Feb 16, 2011
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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filed under:
traffic and infrastructure,
regional planning, regional development, land use,
leisure and recreation,
regional planning, regional development, land use,
geography
The new publication titled The Alps by the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention provides a comprehensive overview of the Alps, including a wealth of cartographic material. For over a thousand years the Alpine landscape has been used as a cultural landscape.
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Pyrenean ski resort to be revived
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by
zopemaster
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published
Jun 06, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:21 AM
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filed under:
winter sports, skiing areas,
sport,
tourism policy, tourism concepts,
tourism,
leisure and recreation,
regional planning, regional development, land use
The Municipality of Vielha in the Spanish Pyrenees has given the go-ahead for the construction of more than 500 apartments and 1,700 parking spaces in the ski resort of La Tuca. The resort was forced to shut down in 1989 as the lack of snow meant it was no longer viable. But now the ski resort is to be brought back to life with the new project.
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The Alps - from a landscape cultivated by peasants to leisure, technological, national and other parks?
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by
zopemaster
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:12 AM
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filed under:
cultural landscape,
landscape,
leisure and recreation,
regional planning, regional development, land use
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Via Alpina
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published
May 22, 2014
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last modified
Dec 17, 2021 08:34 AM
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Via Alpina,
leisure and recreation,
Tourism
The Via Alpina is a border-crossing hiking route through all eight Alpine countries from Trieste/I to Monaco. It is composed of five long-distance hiking trails (red, blue, yellow, violet, green) which are meeting places and experience paths that showcase Alpine living and nature spaces, and constitutes a physical link between the Alpine countries.
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Winter Olympics in Munich 2022? No comment
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by
zopemaster
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published
Aug 23, 2013
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM
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filed under:
sporting events,
sport,
leisure and recreation,
regional planning, regional development, land use
In just two months the citizens of several Bavarian municipalities will be deciding on their candidacy for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, four days before the official deadline for applications. People seem reluctant to discuss the candidacy openly - does anyone actually want the Winter Olympics?
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