Title: Tourism - Switzerland - Climatechangepost.com
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Switzerland
Tourism Switzerland
Tourism in numbers - Europe
Tourism in numbers - Switzerland
Tourism in numbers - The Alps
Vulnerabilities – In general
Vulnerabilities - Trends in the past
Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - the Alps
Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - Switzerland
Adaptation strategies – In general
Adaptation strategies - Switzerland
Examples of shut down of ski resorts
Adaptation costs - Switzerland
Barriers to adaptation - Switzerland
References

Content: On this basis, climate change could result in a 150 m, 300 m and 600 m increase in the altitude of the natural snow-reliability for 1, 2 and 4°C of warming (5). The duration of snow cover is expected to decrease by several weeks for each °C of temperature increase in the Alps region at middle elevations (14). At the most sensitive elevation in the Austrian Alps (600 m in winter and 1400 m in spring) and with no snowmaking adaptation considered, a 1°C rise leads to four fewer weeks of skiing days in winter and six fewer weeks in spring (15). A 2°C warming with no precipitation change would reduce the seasonal snow cover at a Swiss Alpine site by 50 days/yr, and with a 50% increase in precipitation by 30 days (16). Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - the Alps
A recent Europe-wide assessment has identified increasing losses in winter tourism due to reduced snow cover and the increased exposure of settlements and infrastructure to natural hazards as the primary vulnerabilities to climate change in the Alps (5). According to research among stakeholders (30), the most important impacts of climate change on tourism in Switzerland are snowpack reduction, melting glaciers, and water scarcity. Read more...
Under present climate conditions, 609 out of the 666 (or 91%) Alpine ski areas in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland can be considered as naturally snow-reliable. The remaining 9% are already operating under marginal conditions. The number of naturally snow-reliable areas would drop to 500 under 1°C, to 404 under 2°C, and to 202 under a 4°C warming of climate. This is the first systematic cross-country analysis of snow-reliability under climate change for the Alps and covers more than 80% of the skiing domain (5).