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Tourism officials rub their hands

This content was published on Jan 3, 2008 “Two great weeks”, “excellent results”, “outstanding”, “a record”. These were just some of the comments by tourism officials all over the country as they looked back over the two-week holiday. Day trippers and longer-term guests both contributed to the surge in figures. A combination of factors lay behind the encouraging results. The weather played an…

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Weber fights for vanishing landscapes

This content was published on Dec 18, 2007 Weber said on Tuesday that more than 120,000 people had signed both texts, adding that he wanted to avoid Switzerland becoming one big city stretching from Geneva to Lake Constance. The first initiative calls for tighter building restrictions regarding major projects such as airfields, shopping centres and stadiums. Projects would only be allowed to go…

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Swiss satisfied over Bali climate deal

This content was published on Dec 15, 2007 Countries on Saturday finally adopted a plan on negotiating a new global warming pact after the United States changed its position over wanting firmer climate commitments from developing countries. The “Bali roadmap” starts a two-year process of negotiations with the aim of agreeing a new set of greenhouse emissions targets to replace those in the…

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Bears take winter break

This content was published on Dec 11, 2007 They are the first to spend winter in Switzerland since a bear was sighted in 2005. The animals had taken time to settle because of a particularly warm November. “JJ3”, a young male who had been a nuisance and was fitted with a transmitter to track his movements, is sleeping in canton Graubünden’s Albula valley.…

Waterfalls

This content was published on Dec 10, 2007 Waterfalls are a big attraction for both Swiss and foreign tourists alike.The book “Switzerland’s Waterfalls” by Christian Schwick and Florian Spichtig introduces 130 of these natural landmarks and provides scientific and helpful information for hikers. The book is published by AT-Verlag in Baden. (All photos by Christian Schwick and Florian Spichtig)

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This content was published on Dec 10, 2007 (Photographs by Stefan Weber)

First lynx seen in National Park for 25 years

This content was published on Dec 7, 2007 How the animal came to the park in canton Graubünden and whether it would remain in the area long-term was unclear, the park said on Friday. The lynx disappeared from the central Alps in the 17th century. Only in the Jura and the Alps did the species survive until the beginning of the 20th century.…

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Climate ranking causes red Swiss faces

This content was published on Dec 7, 2007 But judged solely on its climate policy, Switzerland dropped to 45th on environmental group Germanwatch’s 40th annual index. Sweden and Germany came top. “Switzerland is doing too little to improve the climate,” said Patrick Hofstetter from environmental group WWF Switzerland in reaction to the news. “We have so far failed to reduce Switzerland’s carbon dioxide…

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Resort learns to manage climate catastrophes

This content was published on Dec 3, 2007 No one doubts that the natural beauty of the Alps is the Swiss tourist industry’s main draw card, but nature can turn ugly – as it did in August 2005 when flooding cut Engelberg off from the rest of the world. Nearly two years later, road crews are still repairing the road above a reinforced…

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Taking the temperature of ski resorts

This content was published on Dec 3, 2007 Particularly affected are the country’s 650 cable car and ski lift operators, which are the main economic force in many mountain regions. The popularity of holidaying in the Swiss Alps in winter reached its peak in the 1980s. The decline in the 1990s was attributed to cut-throat airline competition which made sunny, southern destinations more…

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