The number of visitors to Switzerland from the United States and India has rebounded strongly after Covid, but arrivals from China remain well below pre-pandemic levels. A look at the data reveals an intriguing story. Travelling in Switzerland is popular. In 2024 the Swiss hotel sector set a new record with 42.8 million overnight stays, surpassing the pre-Covid levels of 39.6 million recorded in 2019. Just under half of these overnight stays were booked by Swiss residents, whose numbers had already skyrocketed in 2021, at the height of the pandemic. Since then, their numbers have remained high. In 2024 hotels recorded almost 21 million arrivals from Swiss travellers. They are still the most important group for the domestic tourism industry, especially in winter. Arrivals versus overnight stays The number of arrivals shows how often travellers check into hotels, regardless of the length of stay. Individuals can be counted more than once, for example if they stay in different hotels ...
