CHAMONIX

SOCIAL IMPACTS

• Jobs have modernised from farm labouring to jobs in restaurants and hotels, because there is a greater need for workers like this as there are more tourists going to hotels and restaurants than farms.
• The extra income supports local businesses.
• More people are going skiing which increases the chance of avalanches

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

• Lots of energy is used to run facilities.this increases pollution.
• Scares of wildlife
• In 2002 Traffic pollution was worse than in the centre of Paris.

ECONOMIC IMPACTS

• Tourism creates lots of jobs in chamonix, 2500 people work as seasonal workers each year.
• Companies make a lot of money from people visiting
• A company that runs ski lifts and rail transport-- it has profit of 50 million euros.