✔️Chamonix - Tourism On Ice

Question 1

Where is the Chamonix valley?

Answer 1

Eastern France

Question 2

What is Chamonix Valley at the foot of?

Answer 2

Mont Blanc

Question 3

What is Mont Blanc?

Answer 3

Highest mountain in the Alps

Question 4

What is Chamonix valley close to?

Answer 4

The border with Italy and Switzerland

Question 5

How many tourists does Chamonix attract each year?

Answer 5

5 million

Question 6

What is an example of a glacier found in the region of Chamonix?

Answer 6

Met de Glacé

Question 7

How long and deep is Mer de Glacé?

Answer 7

7km long and 200m deep

Question 8

For how many years has Chamonix been a tourist centre for?

Answer 8

Over 250 years

Question 9

What is the average amount of winter tourists for Chamonix?

Answer 9

60,000

Question 10

What is the average amount of tourists in summer in Chamonix?

Answer 10

100,000

Question 11

What is the population of Chamonix?

Answer 11

10,000

Question 12

How long are the mountain tracks in Chamonix ?

Answer 12

40km

Question 13

How long is the hiking trails in Chamonix?

Answer 13

350km

Question 14

How many cross country skiing courses in Chamonix?

Answer 14

2

Question 15

How many ski areas in Chamonix ?

Answer 15

6

Question 16

4 summer attractions at Chamonix?

Answer 16

Tourists can inside ice grottos .

40km of mountain bike tracks.

Cables cars and the Montenvers cog railway.

350km of hiking trials .

Question 17

What is the railway called in Chamonix?

Answer 17

Montenvers cog railway

Question 18

3 winter attractions to Chamonix?

Answer 18

2 cross country skiing courses.

6 ski areas.

Lots of glaciers including Mont Blanc

Question 19

An attraction at Chamonix that attracts tourists in both winter and summer?

Answer 19

An Alphonse museum and exhibition centre.

Question 20

As a social economic impact of tourism in Chamonix- how many jobs are supplied to people as seasonal workers?

Answer 20

2500 per year

Question 21

As a social impact - how many people died in Chamonix as a result of the avalanche in 1999?

Answer 21

12

Question 22

2 environmental impacts of tourism in Chamonix?

Answer 22

Energy used to run facilities emit carbon dioxide.

Large number of tourists increase pollution .

Question 23

From 2002-2004 where was the traffic pollution in Chamonix worse than?

Answer 23

The centre of Paris

Question 24

An economic impact of tourism on Chamonix?

Answer 24

Income from tourists for example for ski lift companies and hotels

Question 25

What does the management of Chamonix have to be?

Answer 25

Balanced for the need to conserve the environment with the rights of people to see and experience it.

Question 26

For the management of Chamonix , what two initiatives have been set up?

Answer 26

Espace mont-Blanc and Tomorrow Land

Question 27

What is the initiative Espace Mont-Blanc about?

Answer 27

Involves cooperation between France , Switzerland and Italy on nature conservation Forests and water resources .

Question 28

What have hotels installed for the management of Chamonix?

Answer 28

Solar panels

Question 29

What has been introduced for pumice transport as management for Chamonix?

Answer 29

Low - emission buses