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Media Release
New York, Los Angeles – February 26, 2014
Spectacular views and the beautiful models of the latest Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue are not all Switzerland Tourism has to celebrate this year. The numbers for 2013 are in and they are golden! Overnights for this beautiful Alpine country are up again, for the fourth consecutive year, with an increase of four percent over 2012 for a total of 1,585,467 overnights by U.S. Americans (only overnights in Swiss hotels are counted; vacations homes, other kinds of accommodation and visits with friends and family are not included).