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The majority of Swiss people are positive towards tourism in their own country and consider it an important economic driver. Only a small group of Swiss people are concerned about the negative effects.
The Olympics seem to have thrown a monkey wrench into the Parisian hotel sector. Of course, it was anticipated that the weeks leading up to this summer's Olympics would see a drop in the normal level of tourist arrivals and hotel performance. But it dropped drastically.
Austria's hotel economy is no longer able to cope with the higher costs. They were able to compensate the lack of human resources with reduced offers and services. However, the nail in the coffin has a different name now.
Italy's hotel industry is still battling the bureaucracy of a government that does not understand the sector. The latest uproar: the bed tax. Tourism is doing well, but the hotel industry is not doing so well in terms of overnight stays. AI cannot answer the search for optimization either. And the hotel industry doesn't trust it either.
The number of Chinese travellers in German-speaking countries has so far fallen massively short of expectations. Even the Chinese mega-advertisement during the European Football Championships has not changed this.
Anyone travelling through airports or train stations in large German cities these days will have noticed that the 2024 European Football Championship is attracting guests from all over the world. The hospitality industry, on the other hand, is making a cautious start to the European Championships. What effects will the mega event have throughout the year?
What is the current state of the research landscape in Austrian tourism? Martin Kocher, Federal Minister for Labour and Economic Affairs and State Secretary for Tourism, Susanne Kraus-Winkler presented a study on 18 June that sheds some light on the subject.
After a mediocre winter, the Austrian Tyrol Tourist Board wants to push its small-scale tourism businesses into the age of professional revenue management - with a new pricing and booking system.
Swiss tourism and hotel associations have decided to set up an ombudsman's office. Guests will be able to lodge complaints there from July 2024. And the hoteliers.
The mood among tourism businesses in the Alpine republic is currently cloudy. Despite expectations of an increase in turnover in the summer, factors such as cost pressure and the tense interest rate situation are dampening investment confidence. The industry is leading the way in the fight against and use of AI.