In two years, Crans-Montana will be able to present itself as host – a delegation visited Saalbach and collected positive impressions.
From left to right – Damian Constantin (Director Valais/Wallis Promotion), Frederic Favre (State Councillor of Valais), Governor Wilfried Haslauer as well as Nicolas Féraud (President Crans-Montana) and Leo Bauernberger (Managing Director SalzburgerLand Tourism) I © SalzburgerLand Tourism
The Ski World Championships in SalzburgerLand had a big international impact: more than 20 TV stations reported live from the races, which were broadcast in a total of 50 countries around the world. It's not just the fans who are enthusiastic - before the men's slalom on Sunday, more than 150,000 watched the races in the stadium, and the TV ratings in Austria brought in up to 1.5 million viewers. 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 running of the event.
In this spirit, the symbolic handover to Crans-Montana, where the next Ski World Championships will take place in two years, was carried out. The tourist importance of this top international sporting event was particularly evident. Salzburg Governor Wilfried Haslauer the World Cup relay Fréderic Favre, State Councillor of Valais-Wallis. “You have set the bar very high for us. Congratulations on a perfect World Cup, everything is just right here,” Favre paid tribute to the Salzburg organisation team. The tourism director of Valais/Wallis Promotion, Damian Constantin, and Nicolas Féraud, President of the municipality of Crans-Montana, took many positive impressions back to Switzerland.
Enthusiastic summary of those responsible
“We have shown that we can organize a Ski World Championship perfectly,” is happy Salzburg Governor Wilfried Haslauer in a first summary. "This is thanks to the community and the organizers around the ÖSV and of course especially to the emergency organizations and many volunteers. We were able to set a benchmark with this World Cup, experienced an incredibly positive atmosphere and were able to inspire people. This World Cup will be remembered for a long time."
Leo Bauernberger, Managing Director of the SalzburgerLand Tourism Company (SLTG), adds: "Over the past two weeks, we have presented ourselves as a friendly host country to the entire winter sports world. The international ski community was our guest and we were able to perfectly underline our core competency as a tourist country - winter sports. SalzburgerLand has succeeded in putting a special stamp on this event; excellent work has been done for the ski nation of Austria."