The Swiss hotel industry remains on course for a record year. After another increase in overnight stays in October, the industry can look back on a consistently strong summer season. In October, the number of overnight stays climbed by 4.1% year-on-year to 3.47 million, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) on Monday. Swiss guests provided particular momentum with a significant increase of 4.8%. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox However, foreign demand also increased by 3.3%. This means that all months of the summer tourist season from May to October recorded year-on-year growth. Record summer season Over the entire summer season, 25.08 million overnight stays were recorded - a year-on-year increase of 2.6% and the highest figure ever recorded for this period. Growth in the summer was driven primarily by European guests, whose demand rose by 3.8% to 6.9 million overnight stays. This is the highest figure since 2013, according to the FSO.
