Swiss hotels had significantly higher occupancy rates in January

In the first month of this year, the Swiss hotel industry thus begins the strong recovery of the previous year. In the whole of 2022, the number of overnight stays increased by 29 percent to 38.2 million. 2019, the last year before Corona, was only a 3 percent loss.

First of all, hotels managed to increase the number of foreign guests in January. The number of hotel nights booked by foreigners increased by 64 percent in the reporting month compared to January 2021. However, local guests also supported the hotel industry. According to the BFS estimate, they booked 18 percent more overnight stays in January than they did a year ago.

However, the recovery could end soon this year. “We do not expect the 2019 level to be reached again this year,” Swiss Tourism Director Martin Nydegger said at Swiss Tourism’s annual media conference on Thursday. said.

According to Nydegger, overseas tourism should continue to recover and above all Chinese guests should return. But he expects more and more of Switzerland to withdraw abroad.

The extraordinarily high number of domestic tourists seen during the pandemic will likely not be repeated this year. After last year’s strong recovery, Nydegger also expects a recession among European guests. The inflation environment is curbing the desire of Europeans to travel.

BFS will release the exact and exact figures for overnight stays and more information on hotel stays on March 7th, January 2023.

(SDA)

Source :Blick