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The summer GA travelcard Swisstainable offer was a huge hit. How much did one month’s second-class travel cost?
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ST unveiled the summer GA travelcard – one of the first offers from the tourism industry under the new Swisstainable banner – in June 2021. It offered one month’s travel throughout the whole of Switzerland by public transport, for an unprecedented and unbeatable price of CHF 330 (2nd class).
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In 2021, what was the gap versus the number of hotel overnight stays in big and small cities recorded in 2019?
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They were still 7.474 million hotel overnight stays (- 38.8 %) short of the pre-pandemic level of 2019 (19.247 million).
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What was the percentage increase in hotel overnight stays in the Ticino region in 2021 compared with the pre-pandemic level in 2019?
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Ticino was one of two tourism regions that recorded more hotel overnight stays in 2021 than before the pandemic, with a jump of 26.3% compared with 2019. The other was Jura & Three-Lakes (+2.9%).
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How many alpacas are there in Switzerland today?
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According to Lucerne-based alpaca breeder Monika Blättler, there were approximately 4,000 alpacas in Switzerland in 2020. MySwitzerland.com features numerous summer and winter animal trekking excursions.
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Other than the domestic Swiss market, which market saw the highest percentage growth in hotel overnight stays during autumn 2021 compared with pre-pandemic levels in 2019?
- France
- Gulfstates
- Benelux
Guests from the Gulf States recorded the biggest increase versus 2019 in autumn 2021 (+5.9%). France was second with a rise of 1.9%. Numbers from the Benelux countries were also close to pre-pandemic levels (- 0.7%).
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In which month of 2021 did the greatest number of French visitors come?
- February
- July
- August
22% of all hotel overnight stays by French visitors took place in August, followed by February (15%) and July (12%).
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How many hospitality businesses are there in Switzerland?
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According to the most recent figures, which date back to 2018, there are around 28,300 hospitality businesses in Switzerland (source: Swiss Tourism Federation, “Tourismus in Zahlen 2020”).
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How high were total Swiss tourism revenues in 2019, the last year before the pandemic?
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Tourism is a major contributor to the Swiss economy. Pre-pandemic revenues in 2019 totalled just under CHF 47 billion, of which 55.8% was earned by accommodation, catering and transport (source: Swiss Tourism Federation, “Tourismus in Zahlen 2020”).
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