DENVER - Hiki i nā uku kiʻekiʻe a me nā hoʻonohonoho lele lele ke hoʻopau i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā kōkua ski ski e uku i nā mokulele e lawe mai i nā mea holoholo kūloko i ke kaona i kēia hoʻoilo.
ʻO nā lele nonstop i nā kuahiwi mai nā kūlanakauhale e like me New York a me Dallas he mea nui ia i nā hōkele he nui i hāʻawi lākou i nā kōkua e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa kālā liʻiliʻi i nā mokulele e ʻae ana e hāʻawi i nā huakaʻi.
Inā kūʻai aku nā mokulele i nā noho lawa i kēlā me kēia lele, ʻaʻole pono e uku ʻia nā kōkua āpau.
I kēia hoʻoilo, kū nā Airlines me ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai wahie ke ʻoki nei i ka helu o nā mokulele a lākou e hāʻawi nei a me ka hāpai ʻana i nā uku, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī a me ke kumukūʻai no nā lele e lele ai i aneʻi. I kēia manawa ke hoʻonui nei kekahi mau hōkele i kā lākou uku uku i nā mokulele e hāʻawi i nā lele pololei i nā kahua mokulele mauna.
"Ke ʻike nei mākou i ka piʻina ʻoi loa o ke kumukūʻai o kēlā me kēia makahiki," i ʻōlelo ʻia e Andy Wirth, ka luna kūʻai nui no Intrawest, ka mea nona ka Steamboat Ski Resort. “ʻO ia ka hihia ma nā hōkele ʻē aʻe kekahi.”
Ua ʻae ʻo Steamboat e uku i nā mokulele a ʻoi aku ma kahi o $ 2.8 miliona o nā kōkua kōkua, a he 14% mai $ 2.45 miliona o ka makahiki i hala, ua haʻi ʻo Wirth i ka Denver Post. Ua ʻae iki ka resort i kekahi mau mokulele liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka hoʻoilo i hala, kahi kau moʻolelo.
Manaʻo ʻo Steamboat i kāna kumukūʻai maoli ma waena o $ 1.5 miliona a me $ 2.5 miliona, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me $ 1.7 miliona i ka wā i hala, i hōʻike ʻia e ka Post.
Māhele ka resort i nā koina me kahi ʻāpana kūikawā i ke kaiāulu e ʻauhau i kahi ʻauhau 2% ma nā keʻena hōkele. I ka makahiki i hala, hāʻawi pū nā ʻoihana ma ia wahi ma kahi o $ 150,000.
ʻO Telluride, ka mea e kiʻi hou aku nei i kahi lele ʻo Chicago i kēia hoʻoilo, i hoʻohiki ʻia nā mokulele a hiki i $ 1.96 miliona no ka lawelawe ʻana i ka hoʻoilo e hiki mai ana, mai $ 1.16 miliona i ka wā i hala, i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Tom Hess, ka pelekikena o ka Telluride-Montrose Regional Air Organization.
ʻO nā kumukūʻai maoli he $ 450,000 i ka makahiki i hala akā e piʻi paha kēia i kēia makahiki ma muli o nā kumukūʻai wahie, haʻi ʻo Hess i ka Denver Post. ʻO Telluride Ski Resort a me nā kaiāulu o Telluride a me Montrose kaʻana like i nā koina.
Ua piʻi aʻe ka pāpale o Crest Butte ma luna o nā kōkua kōkua mokulele i $ 1.4 miliona mai $ 1 miliona, akā ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kēia wahi i kekahi mau mokulele hou, i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Scott Truex, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Gunnison Valley Transportation Authority.
Ua uku ʻo Crest Butte i nā mokulele $ 650,000 i ka hoʻoilo i hala. ʻOhi ka ʻauhau i kahi ʻauhau kūʻai a hoʻokaʻawale i ke kumukūʻai me Crest Butte Mountain Resort.
ʻAʻole kūkākūkā nā luna o Vail Resorts i kā lākou ʻaelike mokulele.
ʻAʻole uku ʻo Aspen i nā kōkua mokulele.
ʻO Richard Scharf, ka pelekikena o ka Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau, i haʻi aku i ka Rocky Mountain News ke manaʻo nei ʻo ia i ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai wahie e hoʻopili i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma kēlā me kēia kūlanakauhale o US.
Akā ʻo Anthony Townsend, ka luna noiʻi me ka tank think tank Institute for the Future in Menlo Park, Calif., I ʻōlelo ʻo ia ke manaʻo nei ʻo ia i nā wahi kaʻawale e like me Colorado e ʻeha ai ma mua o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.
ʻO Jan Freitag, he pelekikena hope ma Smith Travel Research ma Nashville, i ʻōlelo ʻia e huakaʻi mau nō ka poʻe. "Ke hoʻāʻo mau nei ka poʻe e haʻalele i kahi o lākou e hele ai, ʻoiai lākou e kālepa i lalo i kā lākou koho" o ka hale hoʻokipa a me nā meaʻai a me ka lōʻihi o ko lākou noho ʻana, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
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He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- ʻO nā lele nonstop i nā kuahiwi mai nā kūlanakauhale e like me New York a me Dallas he mea nui ia i nā hōkele he nui i hāʻawi lākou i nā kōkua e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa kālā liʻiliʻi i nā mokulele e ʻae ana e hāʻawi i nā huakaʻi.
- The resort shares costs with a special district in the community that levies a 2% tax on hotel rooms.
- This winter, airlines faced with rising fuel costs are cutting the number of flights they offer and raising fees, making it more difficult and costly for skiers to fly here.
