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2014 EDITION pro.-mont-blanc.com

© Savoie / Hagenmuller Mont © Savoie SAVOIE MONT BLANC Facts & Figures

■ Physical and administrative data ■ Accommodation capacity [SMBT monitor 2013] [73 and 74 départemental councils, RGD 73/74] 1,376,700 tourist beds • 10,416 km² PAYS DU LÉMAN PORTES > 80% of beds are in the • 5,700 km of water courses DU SOLEIL VALLÉE > 41% are commercial beds VERTE • Highest point: LES > 52% of beds are in Savoie, 48% in Haute-Savoie BRASSES Mont Blanc 4,810 m GRAND -- MASSIF • 71 cantons PAYS DU LAC huts & hostels Accredited bed & breakfasts Second homes • 599 municipalities RHÔNE D’ 11 100 1 900 and non- ARAVIS MONT-BLANC 1% 0,14% categorized • 1,153,047 inhabitants Camping and holiday rentals [INSEE – 01/01/2010] RÉGION caravanning sites 807 300 BEAUFORTAIN DU LAC 59% VAL D’ 61 800 DU BOURGET 4% AVANT RÉGION PAYS D’ Group accommodation SAVOYARD RÉGION 69 600 DE CHAMBÉRY - 5% COMBE DE SAVOIE TARENTAISE CHARTREUSE Hotels (categorized and non-categorized) ■ Nature areas 82 700 • 4 large lakes 6% - Lake (French part): 234 km² Apartment complexes (categorized and Categorized - Lake Bourget: 45 km² non- categorized) holiday rentals 156 200 186 100 - Lake Annecy: 27 km² 14% - Lake Aiguebelette: 5 km² 11% • 2 regional parks - Bauges Regional Park (in two départements, 73 and 74): 856 km² Establishments Number - Chartreuse Regional Park (in two départements, 73 and 38): 767 km² Second homes and non-categorized holiday rentals ...... 161,451 • 1 national park Categorized holiday rentals ...... 38,444 - : 535 km² Hotels (categorized and non-categorized) ...... 1,119 Group accommodation ...... 504 • 15 regional and national nature reserves [www.reservesnaturelles.fr] Apartment complexes ...... 472 Area of nature reserves: 277 km² Mountain huts & hostels ...... 345 • 43 Sites of Community Importance (SCI) within the NATURA 2000 Campsites ...... 271 Accredited bed & breakfasts ...... 246 structures / 693 rooms network • Area of SCIs [INPN/MNHN 2012] : 1,775 km² • 2 UNESCO Geoparks: Bauges and Chablais Other accommodation Number “Gîtes de ” holiday rentals ...... 2,715 source GdF 2013

CLÉVACANCES holiday rentals ...... 457 ■ Transport and acces source SITRA 2013

◗ Rail Campervan parks and service areas ...... 98 source SITRA 2013 17 high-speed train stations (TGV and “TGV des Neiges” in winter). Winter caravan sites ...... 46 Thalys and Thalys Neige train connections to northern France, Bel- source SITRA 2013 gium, the Netherlands and .

Eurostar connections to London (Eurostar and Eurostar Ski). ◗ Motorway ■ Economic fabric [INSEE CLAP 31/12/2010] [source : SETRA 31/12/2011] Contact: [email protected] 316 km of motorways - Agriculture [AGRESTE RA 2010]: 5,867 farms www.savoie-mont-blanc.com A40, A410, A41, A43, A430 - Small businesses [INSEE SIRENE 2012]: 26,875 companies pro.savoie-mont-blanc.com - Retail, transport, services: 62,364 companies ◗ Air Last update: December 2013 Of which shops, vehicle repairs: 15,385 companies Chambéry regional airport Acknowledgments: In all uses, please cite the sources of the data - Public administration, health, education, social services: as noted in this publication, together with the phrase Near to Saint-Exupéry and Geneva international airports 19,925 companies “Data processing: Observatoire SMBT”. - Building and public works: 12,395 companies - Industry: 5,613 companies Répartition des nuitées en Sa voie

Répartition des nuitées en Haute-Savoie

TOURISM IN SAVOIE MONT BLANC

■ Total visitor numbers - 2012 ■ Tax revenues from tourism [Municipalities 2009] Departemental area * 178 municipalities and associations of municipalities collect tourist 68,1 million bed nights taxes Répartition des nuitées en Savoie Mont BlancTourist tax revenue 2009: €16,6 millions > 65% of tourist taxes for the Rhône-Alpes region Spring and autumn 5% Winter ■ 62% Tourism in Savoie Mont Blanc is also • 130 toursit offi ces [UDOTSI 73 and 74]

Summer • 11 casinos - Gross earnings from gambling: €123,6 millions 33% [www.lescasinos.org 2009-2010] • 7 spa towns [CNETH 2013] • 52,711 spa therapy patients* [CNETH 2012] [Source BET F. MARCHAND] • 14 conference destinations [SMBT 2013] > including 10 conference centres [SMBT 2013] ■ Annual visitor numbers - commercial bed nights • 4,952 restaurants [INSEE 2012] [DGCIS INSEE – Gîtes de France – 2012] > including 31 with Michelin stars [Michelin 2013] * The spas at Thonon and Evian were closed for renovation until August 2012 • Apartment complexes (full year): 12,696,800 bed nights • Hotels (full year): 7,744,600 bed nights ■ • Group accommodation excluding holiday centres (full year): Tourist attraction visitor numbers 3,947,000 bed nights [SMBT and FACIM – 2012] • Campsites (May-September): 2,116,300 bed nights • Museums, religious buildings and castles: 1,239,063 visitors • Holiday rentals through centralized booking services (full year): • Guided visits: 224,360 visitors 411,900 bed nights • Outdoor attractions: 2,889,707 entries and journeys, including 2,323,220 cable car journeys

■ Annual foreign visitor numbers - commercial bed ■ Visitor numbers for the most popular tourist nights [DGCIS INSEE – Gîtes de France – 2012] attractions* [Sources: attractions – SMBT survey - 2012] 7,691,500 bed nights * Ticket-only entry, whether paid or free > 29% of total bed nights Montenvers Combined surveys of hotels, campsites, group accommodation excluding holiday centres, apartment complexes and holiday rentals cable car railway Chamonix 810,928 672,463 journeys(1) journeys (1) ■ Country of origin of foreign visitors [DGCIS INSEE – Gîtes de France – 2012] Combined surveys of hotels + campsites + holiday rentals Brévent cable car Salève cable car Chamonix Etrembières Foreign visitors – percentage of bed nights 448,750 journeys(2) 186,461 journeys 24%

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11% Hautecombe Castle museum 8% 7% 7% Abbey Annecy 5% 4% année Saint Pierre 98,156 entries 2% de Curtille Confi dential data GB NL Belgium Germany Russ. Americas Spain

Father Christmas’s Gorges du hamlet Andilly 88,164 entries 90,077 entries ■ Salaried jobs in tourism [Pôle Emploi Unistatis 2010 provisional] 48,161 salaried tourism jobs, that is, 15% of salaried jobs in Savoie Mont Blanc.

Mont Blanc Merlet nature tramway reserve Saint Gervais Restaurants / cafés/ Cable cars / hiver bars, etc. Hotels ski lifts les Bains 60,905 entries (2) 18,144 jobs 13,273 jobs 8,476 jobs 61,083 journeys

Details for the cable cars Travel / Spas / well-being (1) Total number of journeys: returns + single journeys Other accommodation booking agencies and fi tness (2) Journeys recorded for the upward journey. People who do the round trip are counted just once 6,232 jobs 1,702 jobs 334 jobs PHOTO CREDITS: CMB, C. Liparoti, M. Colonel, laurent-madelon.com, Communauté du chemin neuf/ Gwenaël Kirchhoffer, GPFM, P. Lebeau, Savoie Mont Blanc / Chabance, Cachat / Parc de Merlet.

été SAVOIE MONT BLANC IN WINTER

■ Total winter visitor numbers 2012-2013 Winter sports area* 40.1 million bed nights Hiver SMB

Spring holidays 5% Pre-season 2%

Christmas holidays March 17% Blanc / Givois Mont © Savoie 15% ■ in Savoie Mont Blanc [DSF – RAT – SMBT – Etude Contours – Winter 2011-2012] January 28% • Expenditure in ski areas**: €5.8 billion = 19% of Savoie Mont Blanc’s GDP February holidays • Average daily expenditure per person: 128 € 33% **Expenditure by downhill skiers and their entourage [Source: BET F. MARCHAND] [Domaines Skiables de France/Nordic France/Savoie and Haute-Savoie: winter 2012-2013] ■ Winter visitor numbers - commercial bed nights • Ski lift operator revenues: €869.1 million [DGCIS INSEE – Gîtes de France – Winter 2012-2013] > 67% of the total for France Départemental area* • Number of skier days for downhill skiing: 35.2 million • Apartment complexes: 9,395,300ETE bedSMB nights > 61% of the total for France • Hotels: 4,277,000 bed nights • Nordic ski area revenues: €3.5 million • Group accommodation excluding holiday centres: 2,612,800 bed nights > 31% of the total for France • Holiday rentals through centralized booking services: • Number of skier days for Nordic skiing: 747,086 178,300 bed nights > 35% of the total for France

■ Winter foreign visitor numbers - commercial bed ■ Ski resorts and ski areas [Atout France Winter 2012-2013] • Number of resorts offering downhill skiing: 94 nights [Comète – Winter 2012-2013] • Number of resorts offering Nordic activities: 74 Foreign bed nights: 44% of total bed nights année• Total area of ski areas: 566 km² Survey of all types of commercial accommodation in ski resorts. > 55% of ski areas in France > Area of groomed trails: 132 km² ■ Country of origin of foreign visitors in winter • Number of ski lifts: 1,765 [Comète – Winter 2012-2013] > 47% of France’s ski lifts Survey of all types of commercial accommodation in ski resorts. • Total vertical drop: 353,627 m Foreign visitors – percentage of bed nights • VTM/Hr (000)*: *: 559,931 m.skiers/hr > 60% of France’s ski lifts 37% • Nordic ski areas affi liated to départemental associations: 38 [Savoie and Haute-Savoie Nordic] • Investment in ski areas: €217 millions [Atout France Montagne Leaders DSF] hiver 15% > 71% of the total for France 12% • French Ski Schools (ESF): 94 [SNMSF 2012-2013] 7% 6% • ESF instructors: 9,330 [SNMSF 2012-2013] 3% 3% 3% 1% > 60% of the total for France’s mountain areas VACANCIERS ACTIVITÉS HIVER GB NL Belg. Russia Ger. Sweden/ Switzerland Denmark Italy Norway ■ Activities enjoyed by French winter holidaymakers in Savoie Mont Blanc [SDT TNS-SOFRES Winter 2012-2013] ■ Winter visitor numbers: (Several responses possible) origin of French visitors by region 70% - Downhill skiing 15% - Short walks [SDT TNS-SOFRES 2012-2013] 12% - French visitors 11% - Other winter sports (excluding downhill skiing, snowboarding and cross- Southwest 8% - Visits to towns and cities country skiing) percentage of bed nights Centre SMB2% Hiver 7% 8% - Other cultural activities 7% - Shopping in towns and cities West été region 6% - Cross-country skiing 29% 10% 6% - No particular activities 4% - Visiting markets, fairs, fl ea markets Southeast 11% ------*Defi nitions The départemental area covers all of Savoie and Haute-Savoie. North The winter sports area covers the départements’ mountain areas. 12% Rhône-Alpes VTM/Hr (000): Vertical Transport Metres per Hour = number of people lifted 1,000 vertical 15% metres in one hour (vertical rise of a lift, times the lift capacity per hour, divided by 1,000). East 14% The total VTM is the sum of the VTM for all the lifts in an area and provides a measure of its “skiVACANCIERS production” ACTIVITÉScapacity. It isÉTÉ also used as an indicator of ski area performance. ------SMB Eté Hiver SMB

SAVOIE MONT BLANC IN SUMMER

■ Total summer visitor numbers - 2012 ■ Outdoor activities Départemental area 18 190 km (approx.) of signposted footpaths [CG73 and 74] 22.3 million de bed nights 11 GRs (long-distance footpaths) = 1,305 km [CG73 and 74] ETE SMB 15 GRPs (regional long-distance footpaths) = 1,128 km [CG73 and 74] September 12% June 9% 2,358 walking [73 and 74 ]

5,426 km of signposted cycling routes [CG73 and 74] 237 km of véloroutes* [CG73 and 74] 2,613 km of FFC-approved mountain-bike trails [FFC ] July 31% 517 biking instructors [73 and 74 prefectures] August 48% * A véloroute is a safe, continuous (including through towns), signposted, année medium to long-distance cycling route along cycleways or quiet roads.

106 paraglider take-offs [FFVL] [Source: BET F. MARCHAND] 425 paragliding instructors [73 and 74 prefectures]

■ Summer visitor numbers - commercial bed nights 291 bolted climbing areas [FFME] [DGCIS INSEE – Gîtes de France – Summer 2012] 50 via ferrata [FFME] (June to September) 120 canyoning gorges [FFME] • Apartment complexes: 2,989,200 bed nights 73 tree-top adventure courses [SMBT/SITRA] 3,902 mountain guides and climbing instructors • Hotels: 2,522,800 bed nights [73 and 74 prefectures] • Campsites: 2,014,900 bed nights • Group accommodation excluding holiday centres: 1,205,500 bed 5,600 km of 1st category fi shing beats (salmon and/or trout) nights 35 000 ha of small still waters • Holiday rentals through centralized booking services 193,200 bed VACANCIERShiver ACTIVITÉS40 HIVER restricted beats (no kill or one fi sh bag limit) nights [FDPPMA 73 and 74]

■ Summer foreign visitor numbers - commercial 13 golf olaces [FFG] bed nights [DGCIS INSEE – Gîtes de France – Summer 2012] 2,098,100 bed nights, 24% of total bed nights ■ Water sports [SMBT/SITRA 2013] Survey of all types of commercial accommodation in ski resorts 84 indoor and outdoor swimming pools 90 beaches and bathing areas Aix les Bains – Lake Bourget ■ Country of origin of foreign visitors in summer Thonon les Bains – [DGCIS INSEE – Gîtes de France – Summer 2012] Towns awarded the “Station Nautique” label Survey of hotels, campsites and holiday rentals 333 canoeing/kayaking and white-water sports instructors [73 and 74 prefectures] Foreign visitors – percentage of bed nights ■ Visitor numbers for summer activities [SMBT surveys 2012] 29% été Swimming pools in resorts: 1,362,917 entries SMB Hiver (May to September) Supervised, pay-to-enter beaches: 1,156,438 entries 16% (May to September) 10% 10% 8% 5% 4% 3% VACANCIERS ACTIVITÉS ÉTÉ 1% ■ Activities enjoyed by French summer holidaymakers in Savoie Mont Blanc [SDT TNS-SOFRES Summer 2012] NL GB Belgium Ger. Switzerland Americas Italy Spain Russia (Several responses possible) 43% - Hiking 32% - Short walks ■ Summer visitor numbers: origin of French 23% - Visits to towns and cities 17% - Swimming, beaches visitors by region [SDT TNS-SOFRES Summer 2012] 13% - Shopping in towns and cities 11% - Visiting markets, fairs, fl ea markets French visitors 11% - Visiting natural sites Southwest percentage of bed nights SMB EtCentreé 10% - Museums, exhibitions 2% 4% West 10% - Other physical or sports activities Paris region 9% 10% - Cycling, mountain biking 28% North 9% Contact: [email protected] www.savoie-mont-blanc.com Southeast pro.savoie-mont-blanc.com 12% Last update: December 2013 Rhône-Alpes Acknowledgments: In all uses, please cite the sources of the data 18% as noted in this publication, together with the phrase East 17% “Data processing: Observatoire SMBT”.