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Economic Enterprise: Perisher Resort (The nature of the economic…
Economic Enterprise: Perisher Resort
What do you already know about Perisher Resort?
Located in the Snowy Mountains
6 hours drive from Sydney
New South Wales
Place to go skiing/snowboarding
Learn to ski or snowboard
Chairlifts
T-Bars
Green, Blue & Black runs
Popular tourist destination in Winter
https://www.perisher.com.au/
COLD!
Expensive
The nature of the economic enterprise
Australia's largest ski & snowboard resort
Is an alpine-based, leisure (recreation) and hospitality enterprise
The Skitube
Opened in 1987
Increased access to the Perisher Range ski fields
Limited access prior to Skitube resulted in limited commercial potential
Many people chose to ski at competing/neighbouring ski resort Thredbo, prior to opening of Skitube
50 ski lifts
Located within the boundaries of Kosciuszko National Park, in south-east New South Wales
Total capacity of 52, 903 people per hour
Locational Factors
Climate
Generally snow cover for up to 4 months per year
Rising temperature
Temperatures range from -5 (min) to 2.4 (max) in July
Offers more than just downhill skiing
World-class competition facilities
100km cross-country trails
snowshoe trails
Latitude
Australia's geographical location means that it misses out on many of the cold fronts and subpolar lows
High seasonal variability
Perisher operates on a 17-week winter season
Business happens in just 12-14 weeks of the year
staffing increases from 140 to 1200 during peak season
Accessibility
Skitube
Alpine resorts in NSW were developed as a result of the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme
Ecological Dimensions
Snow-based tourism has environmental impacts
Construction of resort facilities
Clearing and preparation of ski runs
effluent and preparation of ski runs
threatening animal species
mountain pygmy possum
broad-toothed rat
construction of resort related facilities
accomodation
lifts
maintenance facilities
access roads
car parks
commercial building
Water supply
Small catchment area
critical for domestic purposes and snowmaking
Pollution
from cars
sewage
waste
Internal & External linkages and flows of people, goods, services & ideas
Market linkages
market leader at both local and national scales
twice the visitation of Thredbo
Does more buisness than all the Victorian resorts combined
Lowest elevation is 1605m which is 200m above Victorian resorts
Largest ski resort in the Southern Hemisphere
Based on numbers, area and revenue
hectres of snow terrain is comparable with some of the large resorts in North America
Major player of the regional economy
Recruits staff from all over Australia to work in hotels, food and beverage outlets, railway operations, ski & board instructors, equipment rentals, lift operators, guest relations
50% of operating costs is spent on labour
