Government Tourism accounts for a quarter of all traffic in Switzerland
More than half of all traffic in Switzerland is attributable to mobility for leisure and tourism. The Swiss population uses public transport much more frequently for tourist trips than foreign guests. These are the conclusions of a new report.
06.12.2024, 11:12
SDA
On Friday, the Federal Council adopted the report of the Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE) commissioned by the Council of States. For the first time, this report provides a definition of tourist traffic and presents figures.
According to the report, more than half of the mobility volume in Switzerland is related to leisure and tourism: 27 percent is accounted for by leisure traffic and 25 percent by tourist traffic. According to the report, the proportion of tourist traffic must be estimated on the basis of various assumptions.
There are various reasons for tourist trips: 86 percent are for leisure purposes. This includes the classic vacation trip. 12 percent are business trips and the remaining 2 percent are shopping trips. For tourist trips with a destination in Switzerland, the car is used in 74 percent of cases, public transport in 24 percent and the bicycle in 2 percent.
According to the report, it is also striking that the Swiss resident population uses public transport for tourist trips much more frequently than foreign visitors. For the latter, the public transport share for day trips is only 4 percent, while the public transport share for transit traffic is 3 percent.
These findings are an important basis for shaping transport and tourism policy, wrote the Federal Council. The findings will be linked to existing traffic data.
