Coronavirus brings Swiss National Park visitor boom
The Swiss National Park in the Engadin recorded more visitors last summer than it has for around ten years. People also came in droves because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Around 150,000 visitors in total visited the national park last summer, said communications manager Hans Lozza on Thursday in response to an inquiry from the park. In it, the administration writes that, thanks to a guest survey, it is now known how Covid-19 has affected tourism in the national park.
20 percent of the 1,200 people surveyed said that they would not have come to the national park region without the pandemic. Around half said that Covid-19 had played some or a major role in their decision to visit the region. The 21 to 40-year-olds in particular were more attracted to the Engadin countryside.
92 percent of visitors come from Switzerland. Normally, the proportion of foreign visitors in summer is around 20 percent. (SDA)
