Les Menuires, below Val T, has high-rise buildings that look like apartments along the beltway to JFK airport on Long Island. Meribel gets the most Apparently we are not the only Americans who opt for Meribel. Jean-Marie Choffel, head of the tourist office, shared a report with me that was generated by Ski France International, an organization that promotes the sport. It showed that U. S. skiers and snowboarders in France total 14,000 a season, of which Meribel gets 4,500. That percentage is impressive.
Actual numbers are less so.
Ten other nations send more skiers to France. The United Kingdom leads the foreigners with 400,000, Belgium has 350,000 and the Netherlands 300,000. Even Hungary and Poland are listed ahead of the United States. You can see why Ski France International has us as a target. CDA ownership Meribel is a recent acquisition of Compagnie des Alpes not the real estate, hotels and shops, but the lifts and maintenance of the slopes.