page_title: Ascona
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Ascona / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Albergo Hotel-Restaurant in Ascona, Ticino, Switzerland
context_page_description: Ascona is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
  It is located on the shore of Lake Maggiore.
  The town is a popular tourist destination, and holds a yearly jazz festival, the Ascona Jazz Festival.
context_section_description: As of  2007, Ascona had an unemployment rate of 4.99%.  As of 2005, there were 9 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector.  361 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 47 businesses in this sector.  2,683 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 353 businesses in this sector.  There were 2,233 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.0% of the workforce.
  In 2000, there were 2,056 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,149 workers who commuted away.  The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.8 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.  About 16.0% of the workforce coming into Ascona are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.1% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work.  Of the working population, 7.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 47.8% used a private car.
  As of 2009, there were 34 hotels in Ascona with a total of 1,192 rooms and 2,230 beds.
caption: Piazza Hotel, one of the many hotels in Ascona
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