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Via Alpina Book now available online
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zopemaster
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published
Aug 28, 2003
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:10 AM
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summer sports,
sport,
INTERREG,
development/support measures
A book on the network of hiking trails of the Via Alpina, which follows five routes through all the Alpine countries, is now available in the four main languages spoken in the Alps and in English. The road-book offers basic practical information on the hiking routes, with the walking times between the stages, suggestions for overnight accommodation, tourist offices and maps.
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Via Alpina Road-Book
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zopemaster
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Jul 07, 2021 01:11 AM
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Via Alpina via the internet
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zopemaster
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published
Aug 25, 2005
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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players / networks,
summer sports,
sport
Via Alpina, the project for a network of long-distance hiking trails, now features a new internet website at www.via-alpina.org . The Trails heading provides an opportunity to travel all 341 stages of the Via Alpina virtually, using interactive maps of different scales.
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Water consumption high despite dry spells
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zopemaster
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published
Jan 27, 2006
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last modified
Apr 24, 2024 02:59 PM
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tourism,
water consumption, water supply,
winter sports, skiing areas,
sport
(27.01.2006) According to data from Arpa Piemonte the Piedmont region/IT had only half the amount of its usual rainfall last year (430 mm). The consequences of this dry spell now include a lack of drinking water and low water levels in the region's lakes.
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Why do you go hiking?
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zopemaster
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published
Jul 30, 2009
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
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summer sports,
sport,
leisure,
society, culture
Together with the French Ramblers' Association and the French Alpine Club, the French association "Grande Traversée des Alpes" are trying to find the answer to the simple question, why do tourists go hiking on mountain and woodland paths or through dunes and deserts?
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Why Sochi is not in the Alps
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zopemaster
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published
Jan 29, 2014
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:10 AM
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sporting events,
sport,
threats to nature and landscape,
nature,
olympics
The idea of the Alps as a venue for the Winter Olympics is these days scarcely conceivable. CIPRA has now produced a review of the reasons underlying this, the experiences gained from the candidatures of Annecy, Salzburg, Munich and Graubünden (Grisons), and what remains of the Turin Games.
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Winter Olympics in Munich 2022? No comment
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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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Winter Tourism, Climate Change, and Snowmaking in the Swiss Alps: Tourists'
Attitudes and Regional Economic Impacts
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zopemaster
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Jul 07, 2021 01:13 AM
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sport
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Winter tourism: lateral thinking in Savoy
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zopemaster
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published
Aug 21, 2012
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last modified
Apr 24, 2024 03:26 PM
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filed under:
winter sports, skiing areas,
sport,
uphill installations,
tourism,
tourism policy, tourism concepts,
tourism
The skiing area of Biot/F sees ever less snow, and the resort is deep in debt. The local mayor now wants to get rid of the lifts and develop other forms of tourism. A visionary decision in the western Alps.
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Winterland
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zopemaster
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:13 AM
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winter sports, skiing areas,
sport
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