page_title: Brissago
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Brissago / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Building (hotel?) and houses in the Porta section of Brissago, Ticino, Switzerland
context_page_description: Brissago is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Brissago lies on the western shore of Lake Maggiore and includes the Brissago Islands.
context_section_description: As of  2007, Brissago had an unemployment rate of 3.39%.  As of 2005, there were 38 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector.  215 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 20 businesses in this sector.  879 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 107 businesses in this sector.  There were 777 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.6% of the workforce.
  In 2000, there were 1,054 workers who commuted into the municipality and 284 workers who commuted away.  The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 3.7 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.  About 34.2% of the workforce coming into Brissago are coming from outside Switzerland.  Of the working population, 5.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 53.5% used a private car.
  As of 2009, there were 10 hotels in Brissago with a total of 225 rooms and 436 beds.
caption: A hotel in Brissago
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