In many ways, thanks to the hanging interest from Asian travelers, the tourism sector in Switzerland resumed the growth of key indicators.

According to the results of 2013, Swiss hoteliers recorded 35.6 million overnight stays, which is 2.5% higher than last year's mark . Despite such an impressive figure, foreign tourists accounted for slightly less than 20 million nights, which, however, is also higher than the same indicator for a year (+3, 5%) . For a confident growth, representatives of the local travel industry should thank guests from Asia: only Chinese in the Swiss ski resorts became 20% more . As for the European neighbors, they were much less reserved in the question of The continuing increase in the franc's rate to EUR makes Switzerland an increasingly less attractive destination for tourists from continental Europe . Perhaps only the British, not burdened with a single European currency, continue to increase the tourist flow - plus 6, 2% overnight stays to last year's bar .

Russians demonstrate a steady increase in the number of arrivals in Swiss hotels: from January to December it was just over 3%

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