Alpine Resorts Strategic Plan

Alpine Resorts Strategic Plan - Update (Dec 2019)

The ARCC would like to thank all of those who participated in the engagement phases and the development of the new Alpine Resorts Strategic Plan 2020. Through the online survey on Engage Vic, the regional workshops and the sense making workshops over 600 people contributed towards the shaping of the new plan. Following feedback from government and industry, the Council formally submitted the final version of the plan to the Minister for consideration. It is hoped that the new Alpine Resorts Strategic Plan will be publicly released in early 2020.

Overview

Victoria’s alpine resorts are special and unique places – visited by more than 1.2 million people per year and contributing over $945 million and 9,100 jobs to the Victorian economy in winter alone for 2017.

Victoria’s alpine resorts, like alpine regions all over the world, will be impacted by climate change. In 2016 the Alpine Resorts Coordinating Council (ARCC) delivered The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Victorian Alpine Resorts study, which forecasts a decline in natural snow fall over the medium to long term, consistent with other peer reviewed climate modelling for Victoria's alpine areas.

In response to the forecast impacts of climate change the ARCC will, for the first time, incorporate climate change adaptation principles into a new Alpine Resorts Strategic Plan. The requirement for all Victorian Government decision making bodies to have regard to the impacts of climate change is enshrined in the Climate Change Act 2017.

To support the development of a new strategic plan the ARCC is providing all stakeholders with an opportunity to have their say through a combination of on-line engagement and place-based workshops (by invitation) in the first quarter of 2019. We will then use those contributions, along with the findings from the review of the 2012 Alpine Resorts Strategic Plan, to write a new strategic plan.

For more information on our stakeholder engagement activities please email glen.forster@delwp.vic.gov.au

Survey

1. Are you participating as an individual or on behalf of a group or organisation? Required

Individual

Group or organisation

Please provide the name of the group or organisation you are representing (if applicable)

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2. What is your primary connection to Victoria's Alpine Resorts? Required

3. Which alpine resort do you most closely associated with? Required

4. How often do you visit Victoria's alpine resorts during the snow season? Required

5. How often do you visit Victoria's alpine resorts outside the snow season? Required

6. Which of the following values associated with Victoria's alpine resorts are most important to you? Select as many or as few as you like and rank them in order from highest to lowest.

On desktop: drag the options from the left column to the right in order of preference On mobile: select your options in order of preference

Economic contribution to the local, regional or state economy (inc. employment) #
Public Infrastructure (e.g. roads, parking, toilets, trails) #
Natural Environment #
Visual amenity (how the resorts look) #
Aboriginal culture and heritage #
Opportunity to participate in snow culture/activities #
Healthy and active lifestyle #
Access for all abilities to the Victorian alps #
Other/s #

Please describe any additional values and why they are important to you?

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7. Picture Victoria's alpine resorts in 20 years' time. In an ideal world, describe what you would like to see.

8. What (if anything) would need to change and/or what actions should be taken to make this future a reality?

9. The 2012 Alpine Resorts Strategic Plan contained the following 6 strategic priorities. Please rank those you believe should be carried forward into the new strategic plan. Select as many or as few as you like.

Enhancing the visitor experience and developing resorts #
Delivering resort services and infrastructure efficiently and effectively #
Building partnerships #
Respecting the alpine environment #
Broadening access opportunities #
Regulatory reform #

9(a). For those strategic priorities you have chosen to carry forward what changes (if any) would you make to the way they are written?

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9(b). What (if any) additional strategic priorities should be included in the new Alpine Resorts Strategic Plan?

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10. When thinking about the overall experience at an alpine resort, how important to you is the health of the natural environment?

1 star being not at all important, 5 stars being the most important

Please explain your rating

11. How concerned are you about the impacts of climate change on Victoria's alpine resorts?

1 star being not all concerned, 5 stars being extremely concerned.

Please explain your rating

12. What do you think can be done (if anything) to respond to the threat of climate change at Victoria's alpine resorts? Please provide examples if possible.

13. How well do you feel you understand the role of Traditional Owners and their connection to alpine resort Country?

I did not know Victoria's alpine resorts had Traditional Owners

Limited understanding

Moderate level of understanding

High level of understanding

14. The Victorian Alpine Resorts Economic Contribution Study highlighted the importance of the alpine resorts to regional economies and employment. Do you have any ideas on how this regional economic contribution can be maintained or enhanced?

15. Do you have any other ideas to support the future success of Victoria's alpine resorts?

The survey form is now closed. Thanks for your contributions.

Engage Victoria

/Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

Alpine Resorts Strategic Plan 2019 - responding to a changing climate