Tourist accommodation in the first half of 2019 - Overnight stays increased by 1.5% in the first half of 2019
Neuchâtel, 05.08.2019 - The hotel sector registered 18.7 million overnight stays in Switzerland in the first half of 2019, representing an increase of 1.5% (+277 000 overnight stays) compared with the same period a year earlier. With a total of 10.3 million overnight stays, foreign demand rose by 1.8% (+184 000). Domestic visitors registered 8.5 million overnight stays, i.e. an increase of 1.1% (+93 000). These are the provisional results from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
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Address for enquiries
Yves Strauss, FSO, Tourism section, tel.: +41 58 463 65 73, email: Info-Tour@bfs.admin.ch
Publisher
Federal Statistical Office
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