In the summer months, the Swiss hotels registered more guests from Switzerland. from the United States and from Europe. But there was a sharp decline of guest from Asia. 100’000 more overnight stays from Switzerland could not recover the decrease of 200’000. One important reason for decline is the weakening Chinese currency, that reduced their purchasing power, in dollar but also in CHF. CNY is Weakening and...
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Statistics on tourist accommodation in September 2016 Increase in overnight stays in September Neuchâtel, 04.11.2016 (FSO) – The Swiss hotel industry registered 3.4 million overnight stays in September 2016, which corresponds to a growth of 0.7% (+23,000 overnight stays) compared with September 2015. Domestic visitors registered 1.6 million overnight stays, i.e. an increase of 1.0% (+16,000). Foreign visitors...
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06.10.2016 09:15 – FSO, Tourism (0353-1609-80) Statistics on tourist accommodation in August 2016 Overnight stays decline in August 2016 Neuchâtel, 06.10.2016 (FSO) – The Swiss hotel industry registered 4.1 million overnight stays in August 2016, which corresponds to a decrease of 1.0% (-43,000 overnight stays) compared with August 2015. Foreign visitors generated 2.4 million overnight stays, representing a...
Read More »Tourism accommodation statistics in July 2016: Slight decline in overnight stays in July
[unable to retrieve full-text content]The Swiss hotel industry registered 4.1 million overnight stays in July 2016, which corresponds to a decrease of 0.4% (-18,000 overnight stays) compared with July 2015. Foreign visitors generated 2.3 million overnight stays, representing a decline of 2.0% (-46,000). Domestic visitors registered 1.8 million overnight stays, i.e. an increase of 1.6% (+29,000). These are provisional results from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
Read More »Statistics on tourist accommodation in June and in the first half of 2016: Overnight stays decline in first half-year and in June
05.08.2016 09:15 – FSO, Tourism (0353-1607-30) Statistics on tourist accommodation in June and in the first half of 2016 Overnight stays decline in first half-year and in June Neuchâtel, 05.08.2016 (FSO) – The hotel sector registered 16.8 million overnight stays in Switzerland during the first sixth months of 2016. This represents a decrease of 1.2% (-199,000 overnight stays) compared with the same period a year...
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