Inaugurated in Bolzano Prowinter 2017

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In the presence of Carabinieri, Financial Police, State Police, Alpine Troops Command and associations and federations of the most important Italian sport it has been inaugurated today Prowinter 2017 in Bolzano.

Wednesday 19 April 2017 3 minutes reading time

As the statement of the Press Office of Fair Bolzano Manuela Viel, director Assosport, it presented some very interesting data regarding the White tourism in Italy (forecast from January to March 2017) which generates a turnover of 6, 2 billion euro. They are the 9.5 million tourists in the mountains, of which 5 million people who choose to take a skiing holiday, with a per capita expenditure of 724 euro per week and 4.5 million who prefer to be limited to the weekend on the snow, spending 314 euro at the weekend per capita. Also present was Peter Runggaldier, dell'Hero SÃ¼dtirol Dolomites creator, Europe ''s hardest Mountain Bike Race and of course great skier former winner of the super-G World Cup in 1995, which emphasized the similarities between mountain biking and skiing. Precisely in this direction should be Prowinter this year, with an increasingly combined for mountain activities increasingly seasonally adjusted. It was precisely the President of the Provincial Government of South Tyrol, Arno Kompatscher, highlighting the ability of South Tyrol offers a wide range of sports activities in the mountains, given the more than 7 million arrivals in the province annually, of which many do not practitioners skiing. Present course many athletes, including the Financial Manuela Moelgg policeman and winner of the second consecutive downhill Peter Fill cup. There was also the President of the FISI Flavio Roda, who said he was very pleased thanking Prowinter for this important event at the end of the season, which makes it possible to reward the commitment of the Italian athletes. The award ceremony will take place tomorrow at Prowinter Forum starting at 16 in the presence of the Minister for Sport, Luca Lotti.

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