Statistics on tourist accommodation in December and throughout 2014 – Increase of 0.9% in overnight stays for 2014
Neuchâtel, 23.02.2015 - (FSO) - According to final results from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO), the number of overnight stays registered in the Swiss hotel industry in 2014 was 35.9 million, representing an increase of 0.9% (+310,000 overnight stays) compared with 2013. Domestic demand amounted to 16.0 million overnight stays (+137,000 units / +0.9%) - a level that had not been seen since the early 1990s. Foreign visitors recorded 19.9 million overnight stays, representing a growth of 0.9% (+173,000 units). For December 2014, overnight stays posted an increase of 4.5% (+111,000 units).
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Tatiana Amaudruz, FSO, Section Tourism, +41 58 463 66 61, info-tour@bfs.admin.ch
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Federal Statistical Office
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