Cultural tourism Ski resort Flachau, Austria

Cultural tourism is defined as travel persons outside the residence with a view to the search for new experiences and experiences that meet their cultural needs. Cultural tourism also includes visits to cultural and historical sites in the distant and recent history of the tourist destinations, museums and galleries, churches, musical and theatrical events and performances, music and, more recently and visits to concerts of pop culture. That is considered to be cultural tourism motivated learning about cultural heritage, art and culture of life and work in the nation visited tourist area. Characteristics of demand for this type of culture is characterized by the fact that it is a broad spectrum of tourists covering different age groups and education, but with an indication that interest in culture increases with age. Cultural tourism is a younger branch of tourism that emerges from the needs of all educated tourists and their needs work on myself, learning and entertainment needs through introducing the history and tradition, and is motivated by the creative cultural activities related to the activities that have been preserved from the past such as learning traditional skills through cultural tourism product with religion, gastronomy and tourism literature or contemporary art production.

Flachau, where ski legend Hermann Maier learned how to become a world champion, is connected by the ski area with Wagrain and Alpendorf. Together, they form the ski area Snow Space Salzburg, which received several international awards („Best ski area in the Alps“ - International Skiareatest 2016/17).

Flachau has also been a venue of the Alpine World Cup for years - the Ladies' World Cup slalom 'Ladies Ski Night' is the event highlight in January.

Snow Space Salzburg is a popular training centre for international World Cup skiers and a well-known meeting place for the world stars from sports, politics and culture.

Together with the ski resorts of Wagrein, St. Johann-Alpendorf, Radstadt / Altenmarkt, Zauchensee-Flachauwinkl, Flachauwinkl-Kleinarl, Eben, Filzmoos and Goldegg, it forms the ski region Salzburger Sportwelt, one of five ski regions of Ski Amadé, Austria`s biggest ski alliance.

120 km of perfectly groomed slopes, state-of-the-art snowmaking technology and 45 modern lifts guarantee a varied skiing pleasure.

Directly from Flachau the ski lifts lead to one of the highlights of the ski area - the 3 km-long 'Hermann Maier World...