GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The latest forecast for tourism in Switzerland is more upbeat than it has been for months, with the winter season promising a 2.9 percent increase in the number of overnight stays and the summer of 2014 numbers rising by 2.3 percent . The increase in the short term from foreign tourism is […]
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Zurich Airport gets fake hostage drill
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Zurich International Airport was the scene of much excitement Monday, based on a fictional hijacking of an Airbus 320 with 91 passengers and 6 crew members on board. “Libero 13” was an emergency exercise staged to see how well airport officials, cantonal police, special police forces and the airline (in this case […]
Swiss tourist killed in Kenya robbery
BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Foreign Affairs Department has confirmed to news agency ats that a Swiss tourist died in Kenya, near the beach in the resort of Diani. The village is not far from the port of Mombasa. Few details are available except that the tourist appears not to have been the target. The […]
Swiss rail tests door to door bag scheme
BERN, SWITZERLAND – The CFF rail company is running a door to door delivery programme for travelers’ bags, starting Monday 14 October, in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. A one-year trial will check the level of interest on the part of travelers. The pilot project takes its bag dropoff programme a step further: your bags can now […]
Electronic autoroute toll system en route
Plan to replace sticker with electronic annual toll BERN, SWITZERLAND – The current annual road tax sticker (vignette in French) in Switzerland will be replaced by 2019 by an electronic toll system, if the government has its way. The announcement comes five weeks before the Swiss vote on increasing the tax from CHF40 to 100 […]