Skiing has a bad rap. Once seen as a leisure pursuit for gentlemen, it is now more the home of ski bums and bunnies. There’s no denying it’s a niche sport and seriously lacks diversity. It’s a big buck industry too, driven by revenue sheets, where boozing plays a significant role, never mind reckless behaviour on and off the slopes. Add to the debate questions of sustainability – spearheaded by arresting images of the fast-melting glaciers and ribbons of white piste through brown fields – and th
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Jan 8, 2021 4:46 AM
PARIS (Reuters) â The French government will only permit ski resorts to reopen lifts if the COVID-19 situation by Jan. 20 allows for this, a minister said on Friday.
âThe governmentâs decision on Jan. 20 must by guided only by the situation of the epidemic,â French junior tourism minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne said on BFM television.
Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday that restaurants in France would remain shuttered until at least mid-February and ski resorts might not open before the February holiday because the coronavirus was still spreading too fast and hospitals remained under severe pressure.
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FILE PHOTO: A closed chairlift is seen during a heavy snow-fall in the closed winter ski resort of Val d Isere, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, France, December 12, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government will only permit ski resorts to reopen lifts if the COVID-19 situation by Jan. 20 allows for this, a minister said on Friday.
“The government’s decision on Jan. 20 must by guided only by the situation of the epidemic,” French junior tourism minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne said on BFM television.
Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday that restaurants in France would remain shuttered until at least mid-February and ski resorts might not open before the February holiday because the coronavirus was still spreading too fast and hospitals remained under severe pressure.