Slovakia Ski Property in SKI Jasna Booming
Slovakia is becoming more and more popular with tourists from all around the world. Excellent transport links, outstanding natural beauty, high level of services, great skiing conditions and multitude of spa resorts attract more and more tourists to the country every year. With Slovakia joining Eurozone in 6 months time, its popularity with Eurozone tourists is set to sky-rocket.
Liptov is currently the most significantly emerging region of Slovakia. Short distance from Poprad – Tatry international airport with direct flights to London, Liptov offers the best of Slovakia. Winter season in Liptov revolves around the best ski-resort in Slovakia, the Jasna ski resort in the Low Tatras with 120 days of skiing season a year on average. Ski Jasna features 14 downhill tracks (maximum capacity of 16 625 skiers per hour), ranging from children ski tracks to Olympic standard black professional runs, including the longest downhill ski run in Slovakia. The Jasna resort also has 3 off-piste runs for freestyle and freeride, snowboard park and 11 km of cross-country skiing tracks.
However, it is not all this that makes Jasna the best ski resort in Slovakia. Excellent skiing is coupled by high level of services available and unusual winter sports, such as skifox, snowscootering and snowbiking, kitewinging and paraglyding. Ski schools, children daycare center and family friendly facilities make it an ideal place for winter family holidays. Numbers of tourists have been rising sharply in past three years. Besides of booming local business, numbers of foreign tourists more than doubled since 2004. Hotels around Jasna are full to the maximum capacity throughout the winter season, average occupancy rates are on par with High Tatras hotels.
Some new hotels in 3 star category have opened in past years and the first four star congress and holiday center will grow on the shores of Liptovska Mara lake nearby. The new aparthotel Sunrise : Ski and Spa is a complex designed to make full use of all the best features of Liptov. It will have an on-site wellness and spa centre and enjoy access to beaches of Liptovska Mara, walking distance to the largest water fun park in Slovakia and be a short drive to the historical city center of Liptovsky Mikulas and Thermal Park Besenova. Direct free ski bus will connect the complex with Ski Jasna. Sunrise will house main hotel building with congress and spa facilities and several apartment houses in various sizes facing the lake of Liptovska Mara. International resort operator has already signed up to run the resort when finished. Unspoilt nature views, excellent location, modern facilities and luxurious finish make the Sunrise Ski and Spa Resort a future star both family holidays and congress tourism.
News submitted by Nick Cowling from The Right Move Abroad
