07.03.2016 09:15 - FSO, Tourism (0353-1602-30)
Statistics on tourist accommodation in January 2016
Marked decline in overnight stays in JanuaryNeuchâtel, 07.03.2016 (FSO) – The Swiss hotel industry registered 2.6 million overnight stays in January 2016, which corresponds to a decrease of 6.8% (-189,000 overnight stays) compared with January 2015. Foreign demand generated 1.3 million overnight stays, i.e. a decline of 8.4% (-120,000 overnight stays). Domestic visitors registered also 1.3 million overnight stays, i.e. a decline of 5.2% (-69,000 overnight stays). The poor snow conditions probably contributed to this result. These are provisional results from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). |
Number of overnight stays in Switzerland[caption id="attachment_59463" align="alignnone" width="552"] Number of overnight stays in Switzerland, click to enlarge[/caption]
(we updated the post with newest June 2016 data) |
The Swiss Federal Statistics Office publishes information on the situation and developments in Switzerland in a multitude of fields and plays a part in enabling comparisons at an internal level.
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