Published on : Wednesday, August 7, 2019
This jump is the largest leap of any group of tourists to Switzerland. It was followed by China which experienced a 7.7 percent increase in overnight stays from January to June for a total of 562,552.
In the meantime, the total number of visitors from the US increased in the first six months of this year – by 9.8 percent to 486,639.
US at present second largest group of tourists
Now, the US is also the second largest group source of international tourists in Switzerland after Germany and ahead of the UK, France and China, the provisional figures from the Swiss Federal Statistics Office show.
The increase in US tourism was down to the thriving economy of the US and a rise in the number of direct flights between the US and Switzerland, Swiss weekly SonntagsZeitung reported.
The total number of overnight stays registered in Swiss hotels from January to June was 1.8 percent overall on the same period in 2019 for a total of 18.7 million.
Last year, Switzerland set a new record with a total of 38.8 million overnight stays. At this rate, 2019 could be another record year for the country’s tourism industry.
Tags: Swiss Tourism, US visitors