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Tourism: Expenditure in Switzerland and abroad recovered significantly in 2022
Tourism: Expenditure in Switzerland and abroad recovered significantly in 2022
Neuchâtel, 24.06.2016 (FSO) - The strong franc in 2015 made Switzerland less attractive to foreign tourists, whereas holidays abroad maintained their appeal to Swiss residents. Foreign tourists spent CHF 15.7 billion in Switzerland in 2015, 3.4% less than in 2014, while the spending of Swiss tourists abroad remained constant at CHF 15.4 billion (-0.1%). According to initial estimates from the Federal Statistical Office, the tourism balance of payments remained in positive figures at CHF 323 million.
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