According to a survey by Visa Europe (Cross Border Spending ), the Swiss are, in fact, the most vacationers in Europe, averaging about 3 departures per capita per year, compared to 1.63 in other countries.

Thanks in particular to one of the highest average incomes in the Old Continent (1.7 times higher than Italy and 1.3 times higher than France and Germany) and the highest number of annual vacations in the world.

Numbers that reiterate the latest available data published by the Federal Statistical Office: on average, Helvetians undertake 21.2 million overnight trips per year, including about 17 million trips abroad, for a total expenditure outside Switzerland of 17.5 billion euros. Thus, foreign trips make up 61% of total trips.

Thus, 70% of the Swiss resident population makes at least one overnight trip during the year: the average number of overnight trips per person is 4, including 1 in Switzerland. Adults between the ages of 25 and 44 travel the most, with an average of 3.2 trips per year, compared to 2.2 for people over 65.
The frequency of travel differs significantly by language zone: with an average of 2.9 trips per capita per year, residents of French and German-speaking Switzerland travel more than those in Ticino (2.2).

Most trips are made abroad during the summer months (64 percent) from May to October. For foreign travel, 70 percent choose to stay in a hotel; the car is the most used means of transportation (44 percent) both within the country and abroad, while the plane is chosen for 41 percent of foreign travel.