Swiss hotel industry records superlative winter

A superlative winter for the Swiss hotel industry Keystone-SDA

Last winter will go down in the annals of the Swiss hotel industry, with 18.5 million overnight stays between November and the end of April.

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This new benchmark was achieved thanks to growth of 2.8% or 479,000 overnight stays, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) reported on Thursday.

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The trend in visitor numbers was uneven from one month to the next, with February (-2.8%) the only black spot in the series. March saw an increase of 0.3% and December a jump of 7.0%.

The 9.3 million overnight stays booked by local guests also set a new record, while the 9.2 million bookings from abroad represented a performance not seen for 17 years.

While mountain destinations saw only limited growth, urban regions such as Zurich (+5.4%), Basel (+9.9%) and Geneva (+4.2%) recorded more dynamic developments.

In April alone, overnight stays rose by 4.4% to 2.9 million.

Translated from French by DeepL/mga

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