✔️Chamonix - Tourism On Ice Flashcards
Where is the Chamonix valley?
Eastern France
What is Chamonix Valley at the foot of?
Mont Blanc
What is Mont Blanc?
Highest mountain in the Alps
What is Chamonix valley close to?
The border with Italy and Switzerland
How many tourists does Chamonix attract each year?
5 million
What is an example of a glacier found in the region of Chamonix?
Met de Glacé
How long and deep is Mer de Glacé?
7km long and 200m deep
For how many years has Chamonix been a tourist centre for?
Over 250 years
What is the average amount of winter tourists for Chamonix?
60,000
What is the average amount of tourists in summer in Chamonix?
100,000
What is the population of Chamonix?
10,000
How long are the mountain tracks in Chamonix ?
40km
How long is the hiking trails in Chamonix?
350km
How many cross country skiing courses in Chamonix?
2
How many ski areas in Chamonix ?
6
4 summer attractions at Chamonix?
Tourists can inside ice grottos .
40km of mountain bike tracks.
Cables cars and the Montenvers cog railway.
350km of hiking trials .
What is the railway called in Chamonix?
Montenvers cog railway
3 winter attractions to Chamonix?
2 cross country skiing courses.
6 ski areas.
Lots of glaciers including Mont Blanc
An attraction at Chamonix that attracts tourists in both winter and summer?
An Alphonse museum and exhibition centre.
As a social economic impact of tourism in Chamonix- how many jobs are supplied to people as seasonal workers?
2500 per year
As a social impact - how many people died in Chamonix as a result of the avalanche in 1999?
12
2 environmental impacts of tourism in Chamonix?
Energy used to run facilities emit carbon dioxide.
Large number of tourists increase pollution .
From 2002-2004 where was the traffic pollution in Chamonix worse than?
The centre of Paris
An economic impact of tourism on Chamonix?
Income from tourists for example for ski lift companies and hotels
What does the management of Chamonix have to be?
Balanced for the need to conserve the environment with the rights of people to see and experience it.
For the management of Chamonix , what two initiatives have been set up?
Espace mont-Blanc and Tomorrow Land
What is the initiative Espace Mont-Blanc about?
Involves cooperation between France , Switzerland and Italy on nature conservation Forests and water resources .
What have hotels installed for the management of Chamonix?
Solar panels
What has been introduced for pumice transport as management for Chamonix?
Low - emission buses
