The conference "French mountain tourism: a demographic decline?" presented by Christophe Gauchon, Professor at theLaboratoire Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de la Montagne(EDYTEM),UFR Sciences et Montagne,will take place on Tuesday, April 24, 2018, at 6 p.m. at the USMB Presidency in Chambéry.
It will also be held on:
- Thursday, April 26, 2018, at 6 p.m. in Annecy (La Turbine sciences, Place Chorus, Cran-Gevrier 74960 Annecy)
- Thursday, May 3, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. in Albertville (Le Dôme Cinema, 135 Place de l’Europe)
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
When mountain tourism development policies were launched in the decades following the war, they aimed to develop economic activities, but also to halt the demographic decline that had been going on for too long. These objectives initially seemed to have been achieved. However, over the past 20 years, many municipalities in the "snow zone" have once again recorded negative net migration: out of an initial sample of 27 municipalities supporting winter sports resorts in the Northern Alps (departments of Isère, Savoie, and Haute-Savoie), 23 were in this situation between 2008 and 2013. And 10 of them have had a continuous negative balance since 1990!
While the area remains attractive to tourists, this has not been matched by its appeal to residents. The conference will provide a detailed assessment of this trend and seek to identify possible explanations.
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