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Also the Slovakia has as well known passable skiing areas, particularly in the low one and high Tatra. Nevertheless the Slovak winter tourism is guessed/advised into the crisis – a crisis, which is at least partially house-made: Apart from the general economic development also relatively high prices carried (hotel, ski passports) as well as missing or bad service offers to the fact that the guest numbers broke in the last winter season around approximately 30%. The introduction of the euro at the beginning of of 2009, in whose consequence Slowakei journeys for tourists became noticeably more expensive from countries such as Poland, played likewise a negative role. Since beginning of this season the Slovak ski Resorts tries to against-steer. This is to take place particularly in the context of improved co-operation, in order to lower the prices noticeably, in addition, controlled (thus under avoidance of ruinous price battles).

An example of such a co-operation gives it already, how www.idnes.cz reported. Partners are the popular ski Resorts Velka Raca, Strbske Pleso and Donovaly, which introduced various discount packages and a common ski passport. The ski passport costs 18 euros per day and justified for the free use of all departure runways in the three skiing areas (altogether approximately 32 kilometers).

Winter holiday-makers can only profit from such co-operation: Uncontrolled price battles, which prevent a profitable enterprise of the ski plants and hotels, are not useful on a long-term basis also to the guests anything. Because those expect finally good quality, which requires regular investments of the Resort operators for its part.

In the Slovakia altogether the average prices for ski passports are in this winter opposite the Low Season around approximately 15% please. The prices for accommodations are appropriate roughly spoken for 15-30% lower than in the last winter (data after www.tourism-review.com).

Information to the three skiing areas
The winter sports center Velka Raca (heights between 630 and 1050 meters) lies into that Saybu Beskydy and traditionally particularly by short holiday-makers from the neighboring countries Czech Republic and Poland is visited. 14 kilometers of runways are available. A property part of the runways is snow. For the transport of the ski friends three aerial ropeways and three ski elevators (transport capacity 9,700 Pers. /St.) provide. Also night ski driving (lit up 2.7 kilometers runways), Snowboard (600 meters of Snowboard slopes) and cross-country skiing (nine kilometers of tracks) are possible.

The winter sports area Strbske Pleso (heights between 1376 and 1860 meters) is in the high Tatra. There are approximately 7.4 runway kilometers, all is snow. The three aerial ropeways and three ski elevators of the winter sports area can carry approx. 6,000 persons in the hour. For long runners 18 kilometers of tracks are available. In addition there is a Fun park, in which Snowtubing, Snowrafting, ice climbing, Bungeeruning or Bungeejumping of a large ski-jump are possible.

The skiing area park Snow Donovaly (heights between 910 and 1361 meters) lies in the low Tatra. The overall length of the runways amounts to approximately eleven kilometer, 7.4 km kilometers of it is snow. For transport two aerial ropeways are available and 14 ski elevators (total transport total 14,100 Pers. /St.). For night ski drivers 1.8 kilometers wait lit runways. Long runners find 25 kilometers of tracks, for Snowboard driver are available 600 meters of Snowboard slopes. Beyond that there is a Snowboard park with various offers.