I UOT O - INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL STATISTICS Page 2 SWITZERLAND
Number of foreign tourist arrivals and nights in hotels by month
Months Hotel Nights Hotel Arrivals
i 1972 1973 1972 1973

January 302 661 311 826
February 338 121 347 232
March Lo2 986 410 531
April 472 085 547 7217
May 595 951 594 965
June 771 468 784 434
July 1 102 328 017 596
August : 163 356 025 122
September 855 780 797 L32
detober 470 L53 L51 938
November 242 526 243 L403
Jecember 323 423 285 676
Totals 21 722 562 21 162 252 T 131 138 6 817 872
Average length of stay of foreign tourists in Switzerland
1972 : 3.05 nights 1973 : 3.10 nights
International Tourist Receipts and Expenditures
Source of Information : Federal Bureau of Statistics, Berne
Method of Collection : Sample survey
Total receipts end expenditures from foreign tourism in millions of US dollars
1972 1973 1972 1973
Total Receipts 1 062.0 1 389.0 Total Expenditures 438.0 589.0
International 234.0 298.0 International 190.0 258.0
Tare Receipts Fare Payments

lotal receipts and expenditures from foreign tourism in millions of units of local
currency

1972 1973 1972 1973
Total Receipts L 057.0 4 365.0 Total Expenditures 1 675.0 1 850.0
International International
fare Receipts 893.0 935.0 Fare Payments 725.0 810.0

Sumber of bed-places and rooms available in hotels and similar establishments

1972 1973
Capacity in bed-places 268 067 275 370
Capacity in rooms 152 hol 155 621

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