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Lavaux wine tourism gets train day pass (update)

03/07/2014 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Lavaux and its vineyards are getting a tourism boost in the form of a new day pass (carte journalière) that allows visitors to use several different trains, buses and funicular cars freely throughout the day and to reach all the area’s tourism sites via train. The Mobilis Lavaux Riviera Pass can be […]

Filed Under: News, Travels Tagged With: bus, CFF, day pass, Lavaux, Mobilis passes, rail, tourism, train, wine

Vaud approves wine tourism budget

03/04/2014 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – In a first for Switzerland, a cantonal council has approved a budget and programme for wine tourism. The Grand Conseil in Vaud Tuesday 1 April unanimously adopted a five-year CHF2.5 million budget that will help develop a wine tourism project. Top priorities are training people in other businesses to be familiar with […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: funds, Grand Conseil, money, oenotourism, Swiss franc, tourism, Vaud wine tourism, vote

Swiss tourism tightens belt, looks forward to 2015

30/10/2012 by Ellen Wallace

Ski lifts will bounce back in 2013 due to high demand for day passes BERN, SWITZERLAND – The high Swiss franc continues to hurt the Swiss tourism industry, but the worst may be behind it, a key new forecast indicates. Bakbasel, an economic research group, and Seco, the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, expect […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Europe, figures, forecast, ski lifts, statistics, Switzerland, tourism, winter 2012-13

Creative tourist marketing in a tough, tough market

02/10/2012 by Ellen Wallace

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The tourist industry in Switzerland is arguably suffering more than any other business area from the too-long too-strong Swiss franc, so hat’s off to the Swiss Convention & Incentive Bureau for clearly selling the pleasure and beauty of Swiss travel to a key group, incentive business travel managers. If  you’re not already […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: competition, incentive travel, Switzerland, Switzerland Meeting Trophy, tourism

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

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