Swiss tourism ‘bailed out’ by Muslim travelers as figures are set to double
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Switzerland’s tourism has been hit hard by the global travel slowdown.
The Swiss Federal Statistical Office’s latest figures show that 44 percent of the country’s tourism source--made up of individual nations and regions, have seen arrival numbers drop between 2013 and 2014.
However, in that same time period, the number of Muslim tourists arriving from Gulf nations has risen by 20 percent, and according to Swiss tourism officials, this figure is on course to almost double by 2016, offsetting the loss made elsewhere.
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Tharik Hussain