Tony Crocker wrote:Patrick wrote:China will have their own World Class ski areas
You're the geographer; I suggest you research weather a bit. Northern China/Manchuria is cold but bone dry in the winter. They are building ski areas there, but they have 100% snowmaking dependence. I don't know if they are considering developing the "real mountains" in the West in Tibet or the Tian Shens. I suspect winter weather is severe enough in those places (plus they are 5 hour flights from anywhere) to make that a questionable proposition.
The Chinese middle/upper class is already 400M. A tiny fraction of that can have an impact, just as the Brazilian affluent class is a key revenue source in Chilean and Argentinian ski areas.Patrick wrote:Latin America......the proportion of those going to ski in NA.
If you had ever skied Vail during Easter week you wouldn't be asking that question.
Correct, the Tian Shan mountains are a spot you will ski area/resort developed in the future.