Winter tourism development and sustainability: regional development, ownership and infrastructure; environmental management and sustainability; historical and future perspectives, trends and implications.

Abstract This chapter summarizes the third part of this book which offers an understanding of tourism development and sustainability issues of relevance to tourism in winter settings. This section covers topics on historical features of ski activities, literature on ski and snow sports industry development and economic sustainability, writings on the challenges of sustainability of ski resort communities, and articulating significant changes in organizational ownership and its effect on ski resort development. Additionally this section provides meaningful literature on the transformation, diversification and future of the ski and snow sports industry, minimizing risk of winter alpine activity, and the challenges and progression of significant leadership, growth, success aspects and future sustainability of ski resorts.