Tourism is the most important economic pillar of the municipality. Most of the jobs in Saalbach depend on it, either directly or indirectly. The Glemmtal is one of the most important tourist areas in the state of Salzburg.
In Saalbach-Hinterglemm and the surrounding area there are 15 cable cars, 17 chair lifts and 24 drag lifts. The Skicircus Saalbach-Hinterglemm/Leogang/Fieberbrunn ski area is located in the municipalities of Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Leogang and Fieberbrunn.
Winter
There are 270 km of slopes for skiing and snowboarding, of which 18 km are black (level of difficulty), 112 km are red and 140 km are blue. There is also a floodlit slope. There are 10 km of groomed cross-country ski trails with a high-altitude trail on the Reiterkogel, ice skating rinks and floodlit toboggan runs and curling.
To prepare the slopes, eight reservoirs were created for the snowmaking systems and around 700 snow cannons were installed. Saalbach became an international major Alpine winter sports resort with the Alpine Ski World Championships in 1991.
Summer
The following offers mark the repositioning of Saalbach-Hinterglemm as The Valley of Games in summer tourism:
- Captain Hook Adventure Pool
- Devil's Water
- Montelino's Adventure Trail
- Mount Kodok
- Schnitza's Wood Park
- High ropes course
- “Powertrail” (an 18 km long circuit with more than 55 geocaches, which leads through the entire valley)