FIGURE 64.5 Adjusting tourism to climate change. In the French Alps, global warming has meant that many ski resorts are receiving less snow in the winter. In response, some ski resorts are altering their mountaintop facilities to cater to other types of tourists, including those who come in the summer because they want to leave hot cities and recreate in the cooler mountains.
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