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All
Resorts Season Entry Pass - Council has been working with
the five Victorian Alpine Resort Management Boards to develop
an entry pass that will offer discounted seasonal entry to
all of the resorts.
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Alpine
Resorts 2020 Strategy Implementation - Council has an
ongoing responsibility to report on the progress being made
by agencies to implement the Alpine Resorts Strategic Plan.
Implementation reports are prepared based on surveys of the
relevant agencies.
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Alpine
Resorts Registration of Leases Project - a consideration
of possible registration of, and use of strata titles for,
alpine resort leases.
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Alpine
Resort Strategic Management Plans Assessment - a project undertaken
with the Department of Sustainability and Environment to provide
advice as to the extent that proposed strategic management
plans met the requirements of the Act and the Alpine Resorts
2020 Strategy, and provided a clear, measurable and comparable
framework.
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Alpine
Sustainability Forums - an annual forum for Alpine resort
managers and those in snow related industries designed to
be a catalyst for change and initiatives in sustainable use
and management of alpine resorts.
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Bed
Utilisation Study - a research project investigating the
perceived mis-match of accommodation supply and demand during
the peak winter season at Mount Buller.
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Comparison
of Alpine Resorts and Municipal Charges - an update of
a 2003 comparative study of rates, rents, service charges
and contributions at Victorian Alpine Resorts and equivalent
charges at selected New South Wales ski resorts and Victorian
municipalities.
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Economic
Significance Study - a major economic survey across Victoria
and NSW documenting accurate information on the value of the
alpine resorts, in terms of jobs and economic contribution,
to their regions and the State.
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End
of Season Reports - these reports, the first of which
was published in 2007 for the 2006 season, brings together
the weekly visitor entry statistics and weekly snow depth
for the Resorts into a readily available single document with
commentary. The project involves the recording and collation
of the annual data, comparison with historic data, and analysis.
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Keep
Winter Cool - a national climate change awareness initiative.
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Key
Performance Indicators - in response to a request by the
Victorian Government, Council has been developing a series
of KPIs to measure the Alpine resort's progress towards sustainability.
Draft environmental and social KPIs were released for public
comment in April 2007. The Environmental KPIs have been endorsed
by the Minister and were released in April 2008. Work continues
on the social KPIs.
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Non-winter
Products - research into non-winter use and products,
and all season advocacy.
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Short
Walks to Great Views Brochure - a brochure to support
all season use of the Alpine Resorts by promoting a tourism
product for summer visitors that is readily accessible and
always open.
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Summer
Vehicle Counting Project - a summer vehicle counting project
to be commenced on the Melbourne Cup long weekend, recognising
that vehicle counts are a useful indicator of visitation and
thus a helpful method to measure success of initiatives to
attract non-winter visitation.
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Winter
Visitor Counting Survey - a systematic program of collecting
and collating winter visitation statistics to each of the Victorian
alpine resorts. These results are collated weekly, with a separate
annual report prepared.
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