The supplementary accommodation survey has been carried out nationally since 2016, based on a sample of representative units. The types of accommodation observed are commercially-run holiday homes, collective accommodation and campsites. The aim of the survey is to gather data that measures the monthly trend in demand as well as the annual trend in supply.
| Arrivals | Overnight stays | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2021 | |
| Holiday homes | ||
| 1st quarter | 392 711 | 2 656 228 |
| 2nd quarter | 211 990 | 1 177 488 |
| 3rd quarter | ||
| 4th quarter | ||
| TOTAL | 604 701 | 3 833 717 |
| Collective accommodation | ||
| 1st quarter | 80 938 | 212 319 |
| 2nd quarter | 270 530 | 587 323 |
| 3rd quarter | ||
| 4th quarter | ||
| TOTAL | 351 468 | 799 641 |
| Campsites | ||
| 1st quarter | 46 390 | 161 485 |
| 2nd quarter | 600 334 | 1 870 650 |
| 3rd quarter | ||
| 4th quarter | ||
| TOTAL | 646 724 | 2 032 134 |
| Arrivals | Overnight stays | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | |
| Holiday homes | ||||
| 1st quarter | 428 280 | 433 589 | 2 940 938 | 3 038 002 |
| 2nd quarter | 91 680 | 183 953 | 481 196 | 995 223 |
| 3rd quarter | 374 335 | 323 270 | 2 621 925 | 2 211 764 |
| 4th quarter | 190 341 | 180 319 | 1 115 379 | 1 012 303 |
| TOTAL | 1 084 636 | 1 121 131 | 7 159 438 | 7 257 292 |
| Collective accommodation | ||||
| 1st quarter | 417 271 | 504 922 | 1 291 222 | 1 477 674 |
| 2nd quarter | 108 427 | 534 837 | 203 203 | 1 241 938 |
| 3rd quarter | 747 507 | 976 444 | 1 607 021 | 2 206 032 |
| 4th quarter | 115 565 | 297 758 | 348 213 | 732 349 |
| TOTAL | 1 388 769 | 2 313 961 | 3 449 659 | 5 657 993 |
| Campsites | ||||
| 1st quarter | 24 147 | 28 621 | 92 992 | 107 669 |
| 2nd quarter | 177 688 | 328 254 | 554 716 | 1 002 386 |
| 3rd quarter | 1 016 901 | 745 108 | 3 175 282 | 2 413 943 |
| 4th quarter | 103 689 | 73 705 | 351 529 | 233 308 |
| TOTAL | 1 322 425 | 1 175 688 | 4 174 518 | 3 757 306 |
Holiday homes
Source: Supplementary accommodation Statistics
Collective accommodation
Source: Supplementary accommodation Statistics
Campsites
Source: Tourist accommodation Statistics
| Periods | Swiss overnight stays | Foreigner overnight stays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | |
| January | 607 944 | 547 609 | 265 977 | 285 263 |
| February | 1 226 202 | 1 034 650 | 393 892 | 305 365 |
| March | 292 436 | 501 267 | 154 487 | 363 849 |
| April | 38 006 | 191 250 | 6 359 | 200 472 |
| May | 121 002 | 100 722 | 6 816 | 105 473 |
| June | 269 522 | 176 965 | 39 490 | 220 342 |
| July | 949 498 | 532 034 | 211 616 | 368 437 |
| August | 575 849 | 403 322 | 352 848 | 512 354 |
| September | 415 813 | 209 089 | 116 302 | 186 528 |
| October | 441 452 | 268 476 | 52 811 | 115 049 |
| November | 83 596 | 42 410 | 16 087 | 37 910 |
| December | 440 630 | 311 753 | 80 803 | 236 705 |
| TOTAL | 5 461 950 | 4 319 545 | 1 697 489 | 2 937 747 |
| Month | Swiss overnight stays | Foreigner overnight stays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | |
| January | 354 975 | 346 141 | 91 260 | 86 579 |
| February | 489 972 | 468 795 | 126 538 | 97 696 |
| March | 188 737 | 350 069 | 39 739 | 128 395 |
| April | 26 677 | 302 732 | 5 974 | 79 902 |
| May | 54 131 | 265 272 | 1 750 | 57 359 |
| June | 107 267 | 452 981 | 7 404 | 83 692 |
| July | 610 412 | 730 036 | 58 831 | 184 960 |
| August | 445 378 | 574 496 | 73 457 | 169 374 |
| September | 392 951 | 475 022 | 25 993 | 72 145 |
| October | 248 501 | 334 666 | 10 208 | 48 479 |
| November | 30 463 | 103 240 | 3 398 | 20 708 |
| December | 50 579 | 163 133 | 5 063 | 62 122 |
| TOTAL | 3 000 043 | 4 566 582 | 449 616 | 1 091 411 |
| Periods | Swiss overnight stays | Foreigner overnight stays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | |
| January | 22 673 | 20 716 | 10 656 | 9 074 |
| February | 23 326 | 22 569 | 12 424 | 8 668 |
| March | 16 816 | 32 647 | 7 098 | 13 995 |
| April | 0 | 177 105 | 0 | 42 388 |
| May | 17 853 | 196 756 | 1 061 | 58 645 |
| June | 495 032 | 364 897 | 40 770 | 162 595 |
| July | 1 228 338 | 762 548 | 204 923 | 316 672 |
| August | 758 542 | 541 800 | 322 064 | 411 850 |
| September | 526 572 | 247 884 | 134 842 | 133 190 |
| October | 260 813 | 145 202 | 23 378 | 39 427 |
| November | 32 943 | 12 594 | 2 101 | 4 107 |
| December | 25 712 | 21 069 | 6 583 | 10 910 |
| TOTAL | 3 408 619 | 2 545 786 | 765 899 | 1 211 520 |
Note about methodology used for supplementary accommodation statistics
The survey of holiday accommodation used for commercial purposes and collective accommodation was reintroduced in 2016 in accordance with the current methodological criteria.
In order to better comply with the quality criteria demanded by official statistics, the definition of the population has been revised and is now more precise. In contrast to the former model used up to 2003 (when the previous statistics were discontinued), the new survey focuses only on commercially run accommodation. Furthermore, it no longer takes into account guest rooms or ong-term lets.
In addition, thanks to an annual national census, the new statistics cover the entire country whereas the former method relied on figures from a few key cantons. The current results are thus more reliable and are no longer based on estimates. Consequently and for all the above-mentioned reasons, results from the new and former statistics stopped in 2003 can no longer be compared directly with one another.
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