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Visit USA Roadshow 2025 Contest
Here is the lucky winner of 2 Premium Economy Class flights to Boston,
sponsored by our partners (Atlantic Joint Venture logo): Jana Gisler from rilex, Altorf.
Congratulations!
Visit USA Team


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The Visit USA Committee is a non - profit Trade Association of destinations, industry partners and individuals
with the goal of promoting travel and tourism to the United States of America.

NEWS

22.09.2025
Roadshow 2025....and the winner is?

From the more than 150 participants in the Roadshow 2025, Lady Luck chose Ms. Jana Gisler, Rilex Reisen Altdorf, as the winner of two trips to Boston in premium business class. On behalf of our partners, we would like to congratulate her and thank the airlines of the Atlantic Joint Venture for the great prizes.

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25.07.2025
Swiss arrivals in the US in first half of 2025

A total of 169`323 Swiss arrived in the first half of 2025 in the US. Taking into account that the main travel months are July - September the forecast of Swiss arrivals for the whole year may come close to 400'000 which is above most expectations. The strong Swiss Franc vs. the weak USD may have compensated much the recent negative narrative in the media. Attached is a list of the main ports of entry.

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23.07.2025
Swiss Market & Economic Data - Update in preparation

Please note that the English language version of our website contains the latest market data about Switzerland which are updated about every three months. Sources of information include KOF of ETH the prominent Fed. Institute of Technology, BAK of Basel University etc.

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05.02.2025
USA Island Hopping 2025 well attended

The US remains the most popular overseas destination of the Swiss. The need for professional counselling in planning resp. booking of a trip is important, in particular in an environment as demanding as at the present time. USA Island Hopping 25 provided some 30 US and local service providers and destinations a cost effective opportunity for valuable networking an personal contacs to some 200 trade visitors from around the country.

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02.02.2024
Successfull USA Island Hopping event 2024

Over 230 trade visitors from around the country were proof for the need of an information and training platform for a destination of the size of the U.S. Some 40 partners (cities, states, TO's, airlines etc) used the occasion to present their products and services. They all were given the opportunity to hold short workshops in small groups, behind the information booths intended for individual consultations. Visitors had to plan and book their attendance according to their individual interests. They then were given access to their personal visitors program by means of an app. The featured destination Alaska had the opportunity to present itself at the opening plennary session.

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01.08.2023
The strong Swiss Franc remains the driving force for USA Travel

The considerably higher prices for travel in the US compared to last year does not seem to discourage Swiss to take a trip accross the Atlantic. An important factor being the strength of the Swiss franc which gained between 12-15 percent in value vs. the USD allowing to compensate some of the cost increase. The result shows in a total of 165'309 visitors (preliminary figure) by the end of June, a slight increase over 2022. Airlines report nearly full planes for coming Fall. Above picture shows a session at the recent trade event "USA Island Hoping" - formerly known as the Visit USA Seminar. It is the only trade event of its kind with countrywide attendance promoting the destination USA

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More news

  20.01.2023  USA Island Hopping - Successful Kick-Off after Corona   |  Read...
  03.11.2022  Time to show flag on the attractive Swiss market  |  Read...
  11.03.2022  Newly elected Board Members  |  Read...
  07.02.2020  Upbeat mood at the VUSA Seminar 2020  |  Read...
  22.11.2019  General Assembly Meeting November 21, 2019  |  Read...
  31.01.2019  Successfull New VUSA Format  |  Read...
  18.08.2004  Strong Swiss Franvc makes US again affordable  |  Read...


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