page_title: Tourism in Switzerland
section_title: Destinations
hierarchical_section_title: Tourism in Switzerland / Destinations
caption_attribution_description: Kapellbrucke in Lucerne
context_page_description: Tourists are drawn to Switzerland's diverse landscape as well as activities. Most interesting are the Alpine climate and landscapes, in particular for skiing and mountaineering.
  As of 2016, tourism accounted for an estimated 2.6% of Switzerland's gross domestic product, down from 2.6% in 2001.
context_section_description: Notable tourist destinations in Switzerland:
  Alpine
  Grisons
  Engadin
  Davos
  Eastern Switzerland
  Wildhaus
  Valais
  Aletsch
  Anzère
  Saas-Fee
  Zermatt
  Bernese Oberland
  Grindelwald
  Gstaad
  Interlaken
  Bernese Alps
  Jungfrau
  Cities
  Zürich
  Bern
  Lucerne
  Basel
  Geneva
  Lausanne
  Canton Ticino
  Locarno
  Lugano
  Ascona
  Other
  Lauterbrunnen ( Alpine meadows and peaks, such as Schilthorn, Bietenhorn, Schwarzmönch, and Silberhorn, and the villages Lauterbrunnen, Wengen, Mürren, Gimmelwald, Stechelberg, and Isenfluh) 
  Lake Constance (Bodensee), cantons of Thurgau, St Gallen and Schaffhausen.
  Rhine Falls (Schaffhausen SH)
caption: Lucerne, Chapel Bridge.
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