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Swiss spend more more during:
Travel. Moreover, finance
The Swiss spend more and more money abroad – Swiss spend more more during
The Helvetians spent nearly 19 billion francs for their trips abroad in 2024, 7.8% more than the previous year.
The Swiss spent nearly 18.9 billion francs on their trips abroad in 2024 (here, the island of Thasos in Greece).
IMAGO/robertharding
The Swiss balance of tourism expenditure was reduced last year. Similarly, under the effect of a clear increase in expenditure outside the borders of Swiss residents. Furthermore, Foreign travelers in our latitudes also spent more money, but in a lesser proportion.
Tourist swiss spend more more during revenues in Switzerland increased by 2.2% in annual comparison to 19.6 billion francs, when expenses Swiss abroad jumped 7.8% to 18.9 billion, the Federal Statistical Statistics Office (FSA) in a periodic score. Nevertheless, Although still positive, the balance melted more than half to 720 million.
More foreign tourists in Switzerland
In 2024, the overnight stays of foreign tourists increased in the hotel industry and in Parahôtellerie. The recipes in these accommodation as well as in its own holiday accommodation have also progressed. Revenue for study stays and hospital stays increased by 3% in 2024. In 2023, they amounted to 5.7%. All the recipes for stays including overnight stays thus increased by 3.6%.
This shows a continuous progression of non -resident patient hospitalization days. The same is true for registration of foreign students with Swiss swiss spend more more during Hautes.
As for the recipes of stays without overnight stays, these fell by 0.3%. The revenues generated by day excursions and transit tourism is down 3.5%. while income related to purchases made by cross -border workers and people with a short -term license display sustained growth of 4.6%.
More expenses than revenue
Swiss trips abroad continued to increase. Helvetian expenses increased by 7.2% for stays with nights in 2024.
Swiss residents spent more than 13.2 billion francs for purchases made abroad, or almost 70% of the total expenses in the tourist balance.
Expenditure abroad carried out as part of stays without accommodation swallowed almost 10% to 5.7 billion francs, betraying a boom in purchasing tourism.
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