The pilot area of Auronzo di Cadore (Belluno) - Università Ca

downhill skiing infrastructure and the related services.
Given the already high cost of energy for the accommodations compartment,
in particular, local planners should focus on this issue before any
new investment is made. A sound reflection about renewable energy based
heating systems might be appropriate and could be part of a new marketing
strategy to characterise the destination.
Even without investments in new structures and facilities, a strategy may
be to focus on other issues that have not been considered here such as
the development of a public transportation (permanently linking Auronzo
to Misurina), or the enhancement of the standards of hospitality through
investments in formation and awareness raising, etc. However, sometimes
the costs of pursuing such kind of activities may require a greater magnitude
of tourism fluxes in order to sustain them. Hence it is important to
start developing tourism since today, in a proper direction.
All development strategies other than a BAU approach have the merit of
improving the tourism all year-seasonality. However, this is not a measure
that should be maximized per se (i.e. with a SKINT approach) renouncing
to the flexibility of the destination in facing the tourists evolving needs and
the natural cycles.
It must be acknowledged here that the framework of the assessment is
limited by the fact that the four strategies considered were so extreme that
very unlikely they could be implemented in a self-standing manner, while
a possible real world solution could arise from the integration of elements
belonging to different strategies. However, since the objective of the exercise
was to stir discussion on the topic of winter tourism development, this
remains an effective way to approach the issue. It must be clear that this
study is not suggesting to dismantle previous investments, but it is rather
exploring the most robust directions for new ones.
In a nutshell, Auronzo is certainly well characterized to focus on traditional
skiing families and BYDSNW activities, whilst Misurina could well become
a point of reference for the ALTSKI emerging paradigm.
6.3 / Auronzo di Cadore, consideration on the exercise in the area
The quantity of information obtained during the second half-day workshop
is certainly satisfactory: a wide variety of viewpoints emerged on the
topic of winter tourism management, particularly spurred by the analysis
of the histograms that resulted from the weight elicitation procedure. These
results suit well the promotion of further discussion between participants
on the issue. However, a concrete package of implementation measures
remained beyond the scope of this exercise.
One of the most significant outcomes was the awareness of stakeholders of
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