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Kitzbühel
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Kitzbühel
General Overview
www.skiaustria.com,
Everything you need to know about holidays in
Kitzbühel.
Of all of the resorts gathered under
the umbrella of this one ski pass covering much of the Kitzbüheler
Alps, the one bearing the name is by far the best known on the
International scene.
Kitzbühel hosts The Hahnenkahm, one of
the most treacherous and most famous of all of the downhill races on
the world cup circuit. As a result it has earned much publicity in the
global village and has exploited it well. The resort, combined with
well, but lesser known Kirchberg, plus a host of satellite resorts on
the aforementioned ski pass, Aurach, Jochberg, Ashau and Pass Thurn,
present as formidable a selection of ski terrain and diversity as you
are as likely to find anywhere in the alps.
- Kitzbühel is a resort that is
steeped in history and glory. The only thing it lacks is a snow
secure altitude.
The ski scene has changed however, and
Kitzbühel along with it. Over the years, or at least for the part of
village history this writer has experienced, the area attracted well
healed, and those who looked well healed, punters. Porches were
everywhere, and posing was the name of the game. Deep pockets were
the rule and bars and restaurants flourished. Now a days, at least
on the surface, cracks appear.
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- Subtle differences in spending
habits are apparent and money does not flow as freely as it once
did. To be fair this is the trend all over the alps. But it is here
that one spends a heck of a lot of time (by choice) and it is here
that one sees the change most. Pockets are shallower now and the
throaty roar of the revving Porsche engine is much less a part of
the scene.
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- Kitzbühel has seen much of this
trend change in the scene before. As a matter of fact it is this
close link with the growth and evolution of the sport of skiing and
the ski tourism industry that leaves Kitzbühel so exposed to the
vacillations of it. But the area is still as good as ever, and still
as much fun, and on the good days in mid winter this is still a
helluva spot to be skiing, regardless of the depth of your pockets.
Kitzbühel is a resort that is almost as famous for its history and
tradition as it is for its skiing. In addition the place is well
known for the extent and variety of it's night life, its abundant
and diversified restaurants and its truly International flavor.
Now, with the addition of an excellent
18-hole golf course in Reith just outside town, added to its many
summer
is taking on the persona of a truly year
round destination.
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- Kitzbühel is a multifaceted resort.
It attracts a large number of sophisticates, and various "poseurs"
from nearby countries, as well as throngs of serious "holiday
skiers" from all over the globe. It is also a magnet for scores (no
make that hundreds) of "ski bums" mostly from "down under" who want
to have a season or so skiing, and combining it with a working
holiday. It is this mixture, this melting pot that makes the area so
interesting. Most Austrians however, unless they are directly
involved in the tourism industry, tend to take an observer's stance
to all these goings on. Everybody's loss.
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