Colorado skier visits down 5.5% for the season - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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percent from last year, reported But the state’s ski resorts had an uptick in visitss by FrontRange residents, and Melanie Mills, Ski Country’s presiden t and CEO, pronounced herself “very happy with whered visitation is for this season.” “Thd travel industry as a wholse was put to the test this past year,” Mill said in a “But visitation numbers show not only the enduring value of a Coloradpo ski vacation, but the strong commitment our residentr skiing and riding community has to our state’es signature sports.” Ski Country is a marketinhg and trade group for 22 Colorado mountain resorts. Those member resortx alone recorded 6.
79 million skier visitd this season, down 6.9 percent from the previou year, Ski Country said. Member resory numbers for 2008-09 were down 3.9 percent from the averagr of the lastfive years, Ski Countru said. Ski Country said that in-state resort visits were up 2.5 perceng over last year, as Front Range residentd took advantage of bargains and stayed closer to home to keep down vacation andrecreationd costs. Ski areas operated by Broomfield-based aren’t members of Ski Country. Those resorts includde Breckenridge, Vail, Beaver Creek and Keystone. Vail Resorts last week said its totapl skier visits at all itsresortx — including Heavenly in California-Nevadwa — were down 5.
3 percenrt from the previous season.