WORKING TOGETHER. FOR ANIMAL WELFARE. FOR LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION.

What individuals can achieve alone pales in comparison to what a determined community can accomplish together. The Fiss-Ladis cable car company and Komperdell cable cars, along with the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis Tourist Board and the three municipalities, are pulling together to strengthen regional cycles and support the local farming community. We are seeking to establish a symbiotic relationship between tourism and local agriculture.

And you too can support your holiday region. With the help of your prudence and carefully considered actions, alpine plants can flourish, native animals can feel comfortable, and regional farming families can be relieved.

Nature’s cycles, holidays and the work undertaken by our farming families are closely intertwined. Although there is always plenty to do, agricultural activities do not generate enough income to be able to live on them alone full-time.

Most mountain farmers, therefore, also have to pursue other gainful employments. For Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis, this dayto- day agricultural work and the resulting sumptuous products are indispensable.

We owe the mountain meadows – rich in fl owers and insects – to the numerous farming families, their knowledge, experience, and wide range of cultivation activities throughout the year. They lay the foundations for biodiversity in the native fl ora and fauna. The hay cut here is also a source of food over the winter months for our alpine animals, when they live in the village stables and the plants are overwintering. Our dried grasses contain a large amount of digestible nutrients and are particularly valuable. The native pastures and alpine landscapes are cultivated landscapes that would give way to scrub if left unattended.

To a large extent, our farming families supply both the hotel and catering industry in Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis and themselves with their animal and plant products.

The Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis Tourist Board, the Fiss-Ladis cable car company, Komperdell cable cars and the three municipalities focus on strengthening regional cycles, on meadow and pasture management and on livestock farming with alpine pasture management. Our aspiration is that tourism and agriculture not only function alongside each other, but coexist and benefit from each other.

The Tourist Board helps to strengthen alpine pasture management, alpine pasture staff and landscape conservation in Serfaus- Fiss-Ladis through ongoing contribution subsidies.

The shared use of natural resources by farming families and cable cars allows multiple uses – summer pastures become winter ski slopes. What’s more, the catering businesses in the villages, the cable car restaurants and the mountain huts all work closely together. Delivering a culinary experience relies on having food of the highest quality. The animal and plant products on our high plateau represent regionality, high quality and healthy nutrition, not to mention being packed full of flavour.

Producers and buyers have a good working relationship, and the appreciation shown by consumers fosters close cooperation, thereby making it possible to establish joint approaches to solutions.

Diverse tourism options invigorate our region, so it is also in the interest of the employees, locals and especially of the farming families that you have a fantastic holiday full of unforgettable experiences, enjoyment and relaxation when spending time with us. But we also need your help to ensure that future generations can share these experiences in our unique yet fragile cultural landscape. We have compiled some guidelines for you – please follow them since this will enable guests, employees, and locals alike to live together in harmony.