From Saalbach Hinterglemm to Crans-Montana: Tourist World Cup relief handover

The Ski World Cup in the Salzburg region brought great international effects: More than 20 TV stations reported live on the races, which were transmitted to a total of 50 countries worldwide. Not only the fans – before the men’s slalom on Sunday, more than 150,000 saw the races in the stadium, the TV quotas in Austria brought up to 1.5 million spectators – are enthusiastic. A high -ranking delegation from Switzerland was also impressed by the high quality of the event, the atmosphere and warm hospitality as well as the smooth process.

In this spirit, the symbolic handover to Crans-Montana was carried out, where the next Ski World Cup will take place in two years. In particular, the tourist importance of this international top sports event became clear. So the Salzburg Governor Wilfried Haslauer The World Cup relay Fréderic FavreState Councilor of Valais-Wallis. “You put the crossbar very high. Congratulations on a perfect World Cup, everything is just right here ”, Favre paid tribute to the Salzburg organizational team. Also the tourist director of Valais/Valais Promotion, Damian Constantinand Nicolas FéraudPresident of the Crans-Montana municipality, took many positive impressions back to Switzerland.

Enthusiastic summary of those responsible

“We have shown that we can organize a ski World Cup perfectly”, He is happy Salzburg Governor Wilfried Haslauer In a first summary. “This is the merit of the municipality and the organizers around the ÖSV and of course in particular of the operational organizations and many volunteers. We have been able to set a benchmark with this World Cup, have experienced incredibly positive mood and were able to inspire people. This World Cup will be remembered for a long time. “

Leo BauernbergerManaging Director of Salzburgerland Tourismus Gesellschaft (SLTG), added: “In the past two weeks we have presented ourselves as a likeable host country for the entire winter sports enthusiast. The international ski community was a guest with us and we were able to perfectly underline our core competence as a tourism country – winter sports. The Salzburgerland has managed to set up a special stamp for this event, and excellent work was done for the Skination Austria. ”