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Italians, Spaniards and French visited Swiss in November

16/01/2013 by Ellen Wallace

BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss tourism figures showed some unusual developments in November 2013, with Italy showing the strongest growth, with overnight stays up 14 percent, France up 8.2 percent and Spain up 14 percent. Italy led the way with the largest overall increase in visitors, but European visits to Switzerland as a whole rose 2.9 […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Basel, China, French, Geneva, hotels, India, Italians, November 2012, overnight stays, Spaniards, statistics, Switzerland, tourism industry, USA

Ski resorts worst hit as Swiss tourism suffers through 2012 slide

22/05/2012 by Ellen Wallace

Bright news is that 2013 should be better BERN, SWITZERLAND – Glum news out of Bern for the Swiss tourism industry Tuesday 22 May won’t surprise anyone: the strong franc and weak euro are hurting the tourism industry this year. The latest forecast for the summer season is a drop of 1.7 percent overall, but […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: markets, overnight stays, statistics, Switzerland, tourism

Swiss still travelling, spending more on trips

20/11/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Neuchatel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Residents of Switzerland took 100 million trips in 2008: 3.2 overnight trips and 12.7 day trips per person, show the results of a government survey carried out every five years. And they are spending more money when they do it, CHF148 a day per person for room, board, travel and incidentals […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: day trips, overnight stays, spending, survey, Swiss, travel

Tourism in Switzerland likely to decline sharply in 2009

19/05/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss hotel industry can expect its worst year since 1982, according to a report prepared by consultants BAKBasel, and released 19 May by the Swiss Secretariat for the Economy, Seco. Overnight stays for the 2009 summer season (May to October) are expected to drop 7.2 percent compared to last summer. […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Business, hotels, Lucerne, overnight stays, SECO, summer season 2009, Swiss news, tourism

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