Southern Lakes Ski Areas
Treble Cone Skifield
The five Southern Lakes Ski Areas are: The Remarkables, Coronet Peak, Treble Cone, Cardrona, and Waiorau Snowfarm. The first three are on public conservation land and the remainder are privately owned.
The report by the New Zealand Tourism Research Institute for New Zealand Trade and Enterprise carried out for the 2005 winter season covered visitor characteristics and spending, and the income and jobs generated by the skifields. The researchers surveyed visitors and local businesses, and interviewed ski area representatives.
The total output figure calculated did not include indirect and induced impacts, unlike the Butcher Partners and Ruapehu ski industry studies in which economic multipliers were used. For this reason, the gross output for the Southern Lakes Ski Areas would be higher than the figures tabled below.
As well, the Tourism Research Institute estimated an additional direct spend elsewhere in New Zealand by visitors to the Southern Lakes Ski Areas at $68.1 million, to demonstrate the national significance of this industry.
Note: It is not possible to isolate the economic impacts of the ski areas on public conservation land from the privately-owned ski areas because some visitors used more than one skifield, and because all visitors use the same accommodation and other related facilities, centred in Queenstown and Wanaka.
Southern Lakes Ski Areas
impact on Southern Lakes region
Jobs
3300
Regional output
$105m
Skiing output
$48.3m
Total output
$153.3m