Swiss campsites are the most expensive in Europe
Switzerland is the dearest country in Europe for camping, according to a study by the German automobile club ADAC.
“The mountains in Germany are just as beautiful as in Switzerland but a lot cheaper,” was the ADAC’s conclusion in its annual price comparisonExternal link for 2018.
Although a holiday in Switzerland has become a bit cheaper for people with euros as the franc weakens, two adults and a ten-year-old will still pay on average €46.78 (CHF56.10) for a night in a Swiss campsite.
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Switzerland is followed by Italy (€46.35), Denmark (€41.32) and the Netherlands (€40.94).
At the other end of the tent pole, German campsites are the cheapest (€29.13), beating Sweden (€31.11) and Austria (€34.31). The European average is €35.50.
Despite these prices, Swiss campsites enjoyed a good year in 2017. TCS CampingExternal link, which owns the most campsites in the country, saw an 8% increase in overnights to 530,000. Provisional figures from the Federal Statistical Office for the first nine months of 2017 show an 11% increase in total overnights to 3.1 million.
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