FSO — Swiss tourism in figures 2025
2025 hotel overnight stays by commune, rounded in the official top-ten table.
Sources
Every number here names where it came from.
Prices are read from the operator's own page with their route and conditions. Core guide and source review: 2026-09-10. Basel and Bern city-guide sources were checked on 2026-09-29. Historical figures keep their original reference dates; missing numbers are not invented.
How to use these
Use this guide for planning advice and the dated reference. Use the sources for the fare, the opening, and the conditions as they are today.
City-guide sources
Basel and Bern booking decisions.
Hotel nights describe demand for accommodation, while local visitor authorities define guest-card eligibility. Check the live terms with the operator before paying.
City of Zurich — hotel overnight stays
Monthly city hotel overnight stays, with domestic and foreign origins summed for calendar 2025; checked 2026-10-01.
Zurich Tourism — airport to city centre
Airport–city rail journey time and transfer planning; checked 2026-10-01.
Zurich Tourism — Zürich Card
Current 24/72-hour validity, transport and attraction benefits; check travel-date prices live, checked 2026-10-01.
Zurich Tourism — Zurich's districts
District and Old Town location context; checked 2026-10-01.
Zurich Tourism — airport hotels
Airport-area accommodation context; verify each hotel's transfer terms directly, checked 2026-10-01.
Basel Tourism — BaselCard
Eligible stays, local fare zones, first transfer, and participating attraction discounts; checked 2026-09-29.
Basel Tourism — official visitor information
Old Town, Rhine, museums and current city visitor information; checked 2026-09-29.
Basel Tourism — Fondation Beyeler
The Riehen museum and its tram access from Basel; checked 2026-09-29.
City of Bern — hotel stays in 2025
2025 city hotel overnight stays; checked 2026-10-01.
Bern Welcome — Bern-Ticket
Eligibility, zones 100/101, arrival transfer, and included funiculars; checked 2026-10-01.
Bern Welcome — Old City
UNESCO Old City and central walking context; checked 2026-09-29.
Bern Welcome — travelling to Bern
Main station location and arrival planning; checked 2026-09-29.
Official sources
Fares and conditions belong to the operators.
The two SBB pages answer the main Swiss Travel Pass questions: one publishes the price table, the other states what the pass covers. Every pass claim on this site traces to those two.
Lilu Lichtfestival Luzern
Official event dates and visitor instructions; checked 2026-09-13.
Lucerne Blues Festival 2026
Festival dates and venues; checked 2026-09-13.
Lucerne Blues Festival programme
Festival dates and venues; checked 2026-09-13.
SBB — buy the Swiss Travel Pass
The operator's own Swiss Travel Pass price table by duration and class, and the date those prices are valid until. Every pass price on this site is read from here.
SBB — Swiss Travel Pass coverage
What the Swiss Travel Pass actually includes: trains, buses and boats, public transport in over 90 towns and cities, panorama trains excluding required reservations and/or supplements, the named included mountains, and the discount rate on other mountain excursions.
Travel Switzerland — Swiss Travel Pass trade prices
Swiss Travel System's own 2026 pass table for the travel trade: the same prices as SBB, listed as minimum selling prices, with validity from 1 January to 31 December 2026.
SBB — Swiss Half Fare Card
The one-month Swiss Half Fare Card for visitors living outside Switzerland and Liechtenstein: CHF 150 and up to 50% off most train, bus, boat, and mountain railway fares.
Travel Switzerland — Jungfraujoch pass discounts
The excursion-specific distinction: 25% off Jungfraujoch with the Swiss Travel Pass or Flex, 50% with the Swiss Half Fare Card, and a seat reservation mandatory from May to October.
SBB timetable and tickets
Current point-to-point fares, live timetables, and connection times — the numbers you need to test a pass against your actual route.
Jungfrau Railways — prices and tickets
Current Jungfraujoch, Eiger Express, First, and Schynige Platte fares, the Good Morning Ticket, the seat reservation, and the operator's price calculator by departure station, date, and entitlement.
Jungfrau Railways — Jungfraujoch, Top of Europe
The Jungfraujoch excursion itself: the Eiger Express and Jungfrau Railway routing, the Sphinx observation deck, opening, and current conditions at the top.
Jungfrau Railways
The operator of the Jungfrau region's mountain railways and lifts: which lines run in which season, live webcams, and the mountain conditions that decide whether an excursion is worth the fare on the day.
Schilthorn — Piz Gloria
The Schilthorn cableway from Stechelberg and Mürren: current fares, the revolving restaurant, and the alternative high viewpoint to Jungfraujoch on the same side of the valley.
Gornergrat Bahn
The Gornergrat cog railway above Zermatt: current fares and timetable for the Matterhorn-facing alternative to a Jungfrau-region high excursion.
Pilatus
The Pilatus cogwheel railway, cableways, and the Golden Round Trip from Lucerne: current fares, seasonal opening of the cogwheel line, and route options.
Rigi — Queen of the Mountains
The Rigi cogwheel railways and cableway from Vitznau, Goldau, and Weggis: current fares and timetables for one of the three mountains the Swiss Travel Pass covers outright.
Interlaken Tourismus
Interlaken destination context: the two stations Ost and West, the adventure-sports operators, the lakes Thun and Brienz, and current visitor information for the region's main base town.
Jungfrau Region Tourismus
The destination organisation covering Grindelwald, Wengen, Lauterbrunnen, and Mürren together: how the valley villages relate, and current access and season information across the whole region.
Grindelwald Tourismus
Grindelwald context: the Grindelwald Terminal and Eiger Express, the First excursion, the village's road access, and current visitor information.
Lauterbrunnen Tourismus
The Lauterbrunnen valley: the waterfall wall, Staubbach and Trümmelbach, the valley floor as a base, and the access points for the car-free villages above it.
Wengen Tourismus
Wengen: the car-free village above Lauterbrunnen reached by the Wengernalpbahn, how luggage and arrival work without a car, and current visitor information.
Mürren Tourismus
Mürren: the car-free cliff-terrace village, its two access routes via Lauterbrunnen–Grütschalp and Stechelberg–Schilthornbahn, and current visitor information.
Luzern Tourismus
Lucerne destination context: the old town and Chapel Bridge, the lake, nearby mountain excursions, and current visitor information.
Lake Lucerne Navigation Company
The Lake Lucerne passenger boats and paddle steamers: the current timetable and routes to Vitznau, Weggis, Alpnachstad, and Flüelen — the boat legs the Swiss Travel Pass covers.
Engelberg-Titlis Tourismus
Engelberg and Titlis: the monastery village at the foot of the mountain, its rail link from Lucerne, and the official destination surface for current Titlis fares, opening, glacier conditions, and the rotating cableway, Ice Flyer, and cliff walk.
Switzerland Tourism (MySwitzerland)
The national tourism board: cross-region context, the Grand Train Tour framing, and official national-level visitor information.
Pilatus — operating dates
The separate seasons of the Golden Round Trip boat, cogwheel railway and Kriens cableways, including 2026 maintenance closures.
Pilatus — mountain fares and discounts
Swiss Travel Pass reductions apply to the mountain sections; scheduled boat and bus travel are already included in the pass.
TITLIS — current information and accessibility
Current visitor information, construction changes and accessibility restrictions above Trübsee.
TITLIS — lift timetable
The Rotair closure from 17 August to 11 December 2026 and alternative access via TITLIS Connect.
ICRC — history of the emblems
The five-member Geneva committee founded in 1863 and recognition of the red cross on white under the first Geneva Convention in 1864.
Swiss Armed Forces — service obligations
Compulsory service for Swiss men and voluntary service for Swiss women.
What these sources cover
What the sources can and cannot prove.
A useful source list explains its limits as clearly as its conclusions.
Prices need route and conditions
A from-price is not a universal fare. The guide names the operator, origin, date, class, discount card and reservation condition whenever they affect what a traveller will actually pay.
Use the closest current authority
Titlis operating information is linked through Engelberg's official destination site. Swiss Travel Pass prices and coverage come directly from SBB. When several organisations repeat a fact, this guide cites the operator or authority responsible for it.
Choose the visitor product, not the resident subscription
The Swiss Half Fare Card is the one-month visitor product for people living outside Switzerland and Liechtenstein. SBB's annual Half Fare Travelcard is a separate subscription intended for residents and is not the comparison used in these trip guides.
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