Business news France: Ski season 2012/2013, the turnover of the mountain shops up 6%

In the fifth edition of SkiDebrief FPS-France Mountains held on April 26 in Savoy, the mountain professionals unveiled a first assessment of the ski season 2012/2013. A rather positive results for 1100 mountain sports shops whose sales increased by 6%. A result boosted by equipment rental, which recorded a 6.5% increase. Because it is now 70% of skiers who rent their equipment, while 30% of rentals are done on the web. Equipment sales also rose by 5%.

"It is a satisfying season that could have been great if it had not been hit by a month of April due to catastrophic late summer", however, told AFP Jean-Marc Silva, director of France Mountains , which includes tourism stakeholders in French mountain.

Thus, the side of the tourist accommodation, the occupancy rate was between 68% and 75%, a stable result, whereas attendance lifts increased by 4% to about 57.5 million days-skiers.

Note that the main foreign customers French ski resorts are the British, followed by Belgium, the Netherlands and Russia.
 
Source Irignal French Language by Sarah Ahssen with AFP through Fashionmag.com