1. TOURISM
ALEX VANAGAS

2. WHAT IS TOURISM
Tourism is the commercial organization and operation of vacations and visits to places of interest.
Tourism is still growing in British Columbia, it is a dynamic industry and a major economic generator.

3. HISTORY OF SKIING INDUSTRY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
1914: First resort is built at Whistler
1920: Grouse Mountain’s first lodge is built
1949: Grouse’s first double chairlift is constructed
1965: Whistler bid for 1972 Winter Olympics
1966: Grouse’s blue tram is built
1966: Whistler officially opens for skiing
1976: Grouse’s red tram is built
1978: Blackcomb officially opens for skiing
2008: Peak 2 Peak opens
2010: Vancouver and Whistler host the Winter Olympics
2010: The Eye of the Wind is finished being built on Grouse

4. HOW IMPORTANT IS TOURISM IN B.C.
Tourism has become an important sector that an impact on development of country economy. The main benefits of tourism are income creation and generation of jobs.
For many regions and countries it is the most important source of welfare.

5. THE PROBLEM
How will global warming affect British Columbia’s ski industry?

6. GLOBAL PROBLEM
British Columbia ski resorts have had less snow than they did historically.
The French Alps have had much less snow than they had previous years, the winter of 2014/15 was the worst that they had in 40 years.

7. THE PROBLEM IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
Cypress, Whistler, and Big White have all had a lot less snow over the past few years.
Climate on the mountains has been much warmer and is expected to keep getting warmer

8. THE SOLUTION?
Global warming is almost impossible to stop but there are ways for the ski industry to have more snow.
One way they can have more snow is by making snow.

9. Snowmaking To make snow the outside temperature has to be at
least 0 degrees.
The snowmaking machines break the water down to
small particles.
Then the machines spray the water particles into the air
The water would then come down as ice
One problem with snowmaking is it takes a lot of water
to get a good amount of snow
200 square feet of snow would take 200,000 cubic feet
of water

10. Sources
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