Switzerland Reveals Statistics from the 2022/23 Season

8th November 2023

Last modified on November 13th, 2023

The report ‘Seasonal Balance 2022/23’ comes from the Swiss Ski Lifts Association.

It says the snow and sun conditions “unfortunately were not the best.”

Here are the key findings:

– Very unfavorable climatic conditions: The winter was one of the mildest and driest since the beginning of the century, with a significant snow deficit up to high altitudes.

– Despite everything, guests’ renewed interest in outdoor sports after the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be here to stay.

– The decline in footfall was primarily due to domestic skiers responding to low snow levels at the beginning and end of the season, which had a greater impact on nearby ski resorts.

– Although foreign guests responded to the unfavorable conditions to a lesser extent in the second half of the season, the recovery of foreign guests continued, with guests returning from long-distance markets, with the exception of China.

– A significant number of smaller ski resorts at lower elevations remained closed and small and medium-sized ski resorts experienced large declines in visitor numbers, although these had only a minor impact on overall volumes.

– The decline in skier days was small in the large and very large ski areas, but had a greater impact in terms of volume.

– The average price for a skier day remained very stable and was ultimately hardly influenced by increases in the prices for ski passes shown at the ticket offices or by dynamic pricing models.

See here for the full report