Tourism accommodation statistics during the tourist summer season and October 2015 – Overnight stays fell during summer tourist season
Neuchâtel, 07.12.2015 - (FSO) – The Swiss hotel industry registered 20.0 million overnight stays during the tourist summer season 2015 (May to October), which corresponds to a decrease of 0.7% (-142,000 overnight stays) compared with the same period a year earlier. Foreign demand registered 11.3 million overnight stays, i.e. a decline of 0.8% (-94,000 overnight stays). Domestic visitors registered 8.7 million overnight stays, i.e. a decline of 0.5% (-48,000 overnight stays). These are provisional results from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
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Federal Statistical Office
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