City Council wants to continue cooperation with Zürich Tourism
The Zurich City Council intends to continue its partnership with Zurich Tourism through 2020. It is requesting that the City Council continue to provide the organization with 1.2 million Swiss francs in annual funding.
Zurich makes an important contribution to the promotion of Zurich as a tourist destination and offers services for tourists, but also for the tourism industry, according to a statement by the city council on Wednesday. The city has supported the marketing organization with financial contributions since it was founded in 1885. Last year, the Zurich tourism region recorded more than 5.6 million overnight stays, including 2.95 million in the city of Zurich. According to the city council, tourism in the city of Zurich generates demand for services and products amounting to 2.4 billion Swiss francs per year. The gross value chain, he said, is 1.475 billion francs. The tourism industry thus secures around 19'000 jobs and makes an important contribution to local economic development, the city council writes. (SDA
