Neuchâtel, 06.06.2017 (FSO) – The hotel sector registered 15.7 million overnight stays in Switzerland during the winter tourist season (from November 2016 to April 2017). This represents an increase of 2.0% (+314,000 overnight stays) compared with the same period a year earlier. With a total of 8.2 million overnight stays, foreign demand rose by 2.1% (+171,000). Domestic visitors registered a 1.9% increase (+143,000) with 7.5 million units. These are the provisional results from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
In the winter season, only the months of December and February recorded a drop in the number of overnight stays (-0.8% and -1.5%, respectively). The months of November (+ 0.6%) and January (+ 5.2%) recorded a rise. For a meaningful comparison of the figures, the effects of Easter are to be canceled by considering the months March and April together. The two months together recorded a positive overnight rate of 4.3 percent.
Rise in domestic demand, reverse in trend for Asian demandIn the tourist season, Swiss guests generated an increase of 143,000 overnight stays (+ 1.9%) compared to the same period of the previous year. The foreign guests recorded an additional 171,000 overnight stays (+ 2.1%). This increase is attributable primarily to Asian guests, which recorded an increase of 132,000 units (+ 9.6%). Among the Asian countries, the Republic of Korea registered an increase of 29,000 overnight stays (+ 26.4%), China (excluding Hong Kong) an increase of 28,000 units (+ 7.6%) and India an increase of 22,000 Units (+ 17.5%). The American continent also registered an increase in demand (+ 69,000 / + 7.9%). The United States of America recorded the strongest absolute increase in all foreign countries of origin, with an increase of 42,000 overnight stays (+ 7.0%). Mixed results within the tourist regionsDemand from Europe (excluding Switzerland) fell by 17,000 units (-0.3%). The United Kingdom registered the clearest absolute decline in all countries of origin with a drop of 38,000 overnight stays (-4.7%). This is followed by Italy (-27,000 / -5.8%), Germany (-22,000 / -1.3%) and France (-12,000 / -2.0%). The guests from Belgium, on the other hand, generated an increase of 35,000 overnight stays (+ 13.7%). The continent of Oceania recorded an increase in overnight stays (+8300 / + 7.5%), while the number of overnight guests fell from the African continent (-21,000 / -14.8%). |
Hotels and health resorts: Monthly development of overnight stays 2013-2017(see more posts on Switzerland Number Overnight Stays, Switzerland Tourism, ) - Click to enlarge |
The number of overnight stays is increasing in the majority of tourism regions
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Change of overnight stays by country, 2016 - 2017(see more posts on Switzerland Number Overnight Stays, Switzerland Tourism, ) - Click to enlarge |
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