Engadin St. Moritz Facts & Figures

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1 Engadin St. Moritz Facts & Figures English Engadin St. Moritz, Via San Gian 30, CH-7500 St. Moritz, T , F , pr@estm.ch,

2 2 Contents 1 General information about Engadin St. Moritz Location Geographic data Climate Time zone Currency Population Inhabitants in each municipality incl. weekday residents Language Education Economy GDP Added value from tourism Federal tax revenue in CHF Number of persons employed Destination Employment data by sector, Tourism Destination Engadin St. Moritz Public transport Engadin Bus Postbus Rhaetian Railway Overnight stays Total overnight stays Overnight stays hotels Total overnight stays by nationality (Summer 2016) Total overnight stays by nationality (Summer 2016) Total overnight stays by nationality (Year 2016) Average length of stay in Engadin St. Moritz Hotels Hotels in Engadin St. Moritz Breakdown by number of stars Breakdown by location (Engadin St. Moritz, August 2017) Number of hotel beds in Engadin St. Moritz Number of hotel beds per village (Winter 2016/17) (source: BfS) Guests' countries of origin (hotels only) Non-hotel accommodation Holiday apartments featured on the internet Private rooms (August 2017, BfS) Group accommodation (August 2017, BfS) Mountain huts (August 2017, BfS) Camping grounds (August 2017, BfS)... 14

3 3 9 Gastronomy Restaurants Night life: Bars, Discos Culture Museums Galleries Libraries Cinema Casino Wellness, leisure pools and spa baths Public wellness facilities, pools and baths St. Moritz mineral springs Wellness facilities hotels Sporting activities Summer Winter Mountain railways Summer Winter The 9 mountain railway companies How to get there Rail Car Car transport Shuttles Air The Engadin St. Moritz Tourism Organisation Main functions Additional services... 22

4 4 1 General information about Engadin St. Moritz 1.1 Location 57 km-long high valley 1,800 metres above sea level Situated in the south of Canton Grisons and follows the River Inn from Maloja to the Engadine lake plateau as far as Brail Source of the River Inn alongside the mightiest glacier in the Eastern Alps, the Morteratsch, and the only mountain above 4,000 metres in the Eastern Alps, the 4,049 metre high Piz Bernina Its glaciers make this an important source of water for Europe Borders the regions of Engadin Scuol Samnaun Val Müstair, Val Poschiavo, Bergell Home to 11 district municipalities (Sils i.e./segl, Silvaplana, St. Moritz, Celerina/Schlarigna, Pontresina, Samedan, Bever, La Punt Chamues-ch, Madulain, Zuoz und S-chanf) 1.2 Geographic data Area: 998 square km Valley elevations range from 1,450 to 1,800 metres Lowest point Zernez 1,450 metres Highest point Piz Bernina 4,049 metres 1.3 Climate Very pleasant climate due to its dry air and its sunshine 1.4 Time zone Central European Time (GMT +1 hour) Summer time (+1 hour) end of March to end of October 1.5 Currency Swiss Franc Euro and US Dollars accepted by larger businesses and hotels

5 5 2 Population 2.1 Inhabitants in each municipality incl. weekday residents (Source: Kreis Oberengadin, 2015) Total Upper Engadine district: Total incl. Maloja and Zernez: Total population per square km Upper Engadine district: 24 Sils 761 Silvaplana St. Moritz Celerina Pontresina Samedan Bever 627 La Punt Chamues-ch 749 Madulain 229 Zuoz S-chanf 697 Maloja 339 Zernez Language The two official languages are Rhaeto-Romansh and German The Rhaeto-Romansh Putér dialect is spoken in the Upper Engadine (Sils to S-chanf) Italian and German are spoken in Maloja 3 Education Höhere Fachschule für Tourismus (tourism college) Samedan Academia Engiadina Samedan Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz Berufsschule Oberengadin Samedan Scoula Sportiva (specialised school for sports and music) Champfèr

6 6 4 Economy 4.1 GDP Nominal GDP at market rates Upper Engadin in Mio. CHF: (2015; BAK Basel) Upper Engadine district: (2014) Share of cantonal GDP: 12% (2014) 4.2 Added value from tourism Tourism in the Upper Engadin generates a direct added value of around CHF 16.3 milliard, representing a 68% share of the region s entire economic output. (As of 2015) 4.3 Federal tax revenue in CHF Upper Engadine district (Average 2013) Natural persons: Income tax and tax on assets: Tax on earnings and tax on capital: Total: Number of persons employed Destination Total (inkl. Maloja/Zernez) (2014) Total (Upper Engadine) (2014) Sils i. E. 955 Silvaplana 848 St. Moritz Celerina 945 Pontresina Samedan Bever 315 La Punt Chamues-ch 264 Madulain 77 Zuoz 823 S-chanf 280 Zernez 641 Maloja Employment data by sector, Tourism Destination Engadin St. Moritz Agriculture and forestry 422 (2.3%) Industry and manufacturing (17.3%) Service industry (80.4%)

7 7 5 Public transport 5.1 Engadin Bus 8 routes all year Samedan - Pontresina - St. Moritz station - Bad Corvatsch Lagalb* - Diavolezza* - Celerina - St. Moritz Dorf - Sils Maloja (*winter only) Ortsbus St. Moritz St. Moritz station - Bad - Sils Maloja Samedan - Celerina - St. Moritz Dorf Silvaplana Chamues-ch - Samedan - Celerina - St. Moritz Dorf St. Moritz Bad - Corvatsch - Furtschellas Sils Chamues-ch Madulain - Zuoz - S-chanf - Parc naziunal* - Cinuos-chel - Brail Zernez (*summer only) St. Moritz Dorf - Bahnhof - Signalbahn - Youth Hostel «Hahnensee-Express» (Linie 8) St.Moritz Bad Signal Champfèr Guardalej during winter season Surlej Corvatschbahn Passenger numbers (in 2016) (excludes St. Moritz village bus service) 5.2 Postbus Routes from Upper Engadin St. Moritz - Castasegna - Chiavenna St. Moritz - Lugano (Palm Express) St. Moritz - Julier - Chur (Julier Route Express) Pontresina - Ospizio Bernina - Poschiavo - Le Prese Pontresina - Bernina Diavolezza - Livigno Passenger numbers (in 2016) 5.3 Rhaetian Railway "Rhaetian Railway in the Albula/Bernina landscapes" since July 2008 UNESCO World Heritage Site Bernina Express Chur Tirano St. Moritz - Tirano Glacier Express St. Moritz - Zermatt Passenger numbers Glacier Express: in 2016 Bernina Express: in 2016

8 8 6 Overnight stays 6.1 Total overnight stays Average overnight stays (hotel and non-hotel accommodation) 2.1 million (summer) 2.3 million (winter) 6.2 Overnight stays hotels Summer 2016 (hotel business only) Total Engadin St. Moritz Maloja Sils Silvaplana St. Moritz 264,725 Celerina Pontresina Samedan Bever La Punt Chamues-ch Madulain 1,077 Zuoz S-chanf Zernez Winter 2016/17 (hotel business only) Total Engadin St. Moritz 811,996 Maloja Sils Silvaplana St. Moritz Celerina Pontresina Samedan Bever 10,416 La Punt Chamues-ch Madulain no figures available Zuoz S-chanf no figures available Zernez Year 2016 (hotel business only) Total Engadin St. Moritz Maloja Sils Silvaplana St. Moritz Celerina Pontresina

9 9 Samedan Bever La Punt Madulain 1,593 Zuoz S-chanf Zernez Total overnight stays by nationality (Summer 2016) Guests from Switzerland: 60% Guests from outside Switzerland: 40%, Germany 10% Belgium 6% USA 5% Italy 3% UK 2% 6.4 Total overnight stays by nationality (Winter 2016/17) Guests from Switzerland: 50% Guests from outside Switzerland: 50%, Germany 21% Italy 5% UK 5% USA 3% Belgium 1% 6.5 Total overnight stays by nationality (Year 2016) Guests from Switzerland: 54% Guests from outside Switzerland: 46% Germany 16% Italy 5% USA 4% Belgium 3% UK 3% 6.6 Average length of stay in Engadin St. Moritz Winter 2016/17 Summer nights 2.5 nights Year nights

10 10 7 Hotels 7.1 Hotels in Engadin St. Moritz Total hotels: summer: 153, winter: Breakdown by number of stars 5 star: 9 4 star: 24 3 star: 44 2 star: 5 Not rated or without indication: 68 Swiss Lodge: Breakdown by location (Engadin St. Moritz, August 2017) Maloja 7 1 **** 6 unclassified Sils 18 1 ***** 1 **** + 2 **** 1 *** + 5 *** 1 ** + 1 ** 6 unclassified Silvaplana 10 1 ***** + 1 **** + 2 **** 2 *** 1 ** 3 unclassified St. Moritz 40 5 ***** + Celerina 11 1 **** + 3 **** + 3 **** 2 *** + 13 *** 14 unclassified 2 **** 1 *** 7 unclassified

11 11 Pontresina 28 1 ***** + Samedan 10 2 **** 1 *** + Bever 6 1 *** + La Punt Chamues-ch 4 1 *** + 2 **** + 2 **** 3 *** + 9 *** 2 **+ 1 ** 9 unclassified 1 *** 1 ** 5 unclassified 1 *** 4 unclassified 3 unclassified Madulain 1 1 unclassified Zuoz 5 1 **** + 1 **** 2 *** 1 unclassified S-chanf 2 2 unclassified Zernez/Brail 12 1 ***** Number of hotel beds in Engadin St. Moritz Total beds (Winter 2016/17): ca , (source: BfS) 5-star: star: star: star: 869 Not rated or without indication: *** + 2 *** 8 unclassified

12 Number of hotel beds per village (Winter 2016/17) (source: BfS) Maloja 823 Sils i. E Silvaplana 673 St. Moritz Celerina 898 Pontresina Samedan 494 Bever 248 La Punt Chamues-ch 78 Madulain 26 Zuoz 378 S-chanf 49 Zernez Guests' countries of origin (hotels only) Summer 2016 Year 2016 Winter 2016/17 60% Switzerland 10% Germany 5% USA 3% Italy 2% Japan 1% France 0.2% Russia 18.8% others 53% Switzerland 16% Germany 5% Italy 3% UK 3% Belgium 3.5% USA 2% Russia 2% France 2% Japan 10.5 % others 50% Switzerland 21% Germany 5% Italy 3% UK 3% Russia 3% USA 2% France 13% others

13 13 8 Non-hotel accommodation 8.1 Holiday apartments featured on the internet (Source: Engadin St. Moritz, January 2016) Locality Apartments Beds Maloja Sils Silvaplana St. Moritz Celerina Pontresina Samedan Bever La Punt Madulain Zuoz S-chanf, Cinuos-chel Zernez Engadin St. Moritz Online booking available 507 Summer Winter 8.2 Private rooms (August 2017, BfS) Total private rooms Total rooms Total beds Group accommodation (August 2017, BfS) Total group accommodation Total rooms ca. 591 ca. 474 Total beds ca ca Mountain huts (August 2017, BfS) Mountain and scenic restaurants Lower Alpine lodges 8 4 Mountain shelters & SAC mountain lodges 13 7 TOTAL Total beds

14 Camping grounds (August 2017, BfS) Total camping grounds 9 4 Total campsites Gastronomy 9.1 Restaurants Total Engadin St. Moritz: 352 Of these, with GaultMillau points with Michelin Stars 29 (in total 426 GautMillau points) 5 (in total 6 stars) 9.2 Night life: Bars, Discos Total bars winter 94 Total bars summer 81 Total discos 4 (Vivai, Pampa, Hemingway s Club, Kings Club)

15 15 10 Culture 10.1 Museums 19 Museums: Atelier Segantini, Maloja Mili Weber House, St. Moritz Casa al Larasc, Maloja Minerals and Fossils Museum, St. Moritz Andrea Robbi Museum, Sils Bob-Museum Altes Schulhaus, Celerina Nietzsche House, Sils/Segl Maria Chesa Planta, Samedan Berry Museum, St. Moritz La Tuor, Samedan Forum Paracelsus, St. Moritz Kulturarchiv Oberengadin, Samedan Museum St. Moritz The World s Smallest Museum Museum Alpin, Pontresina Segantini Museum, St. Moritz Museum Foto Flury, Pontresina Engadiner Museum, St. Moritz (currently closed due to renovation) Caferama Coffee Museum, Zuoz Nationalparkzentrum, Zernez 10.2 Galleries Art galleries: Art Club Galerie, St. Moritz Vito Schnabel Gallery, St. Moritz Atelier Eve-Line, Pontresina Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, St. Moritz Lleshi Art, Zuoz Galerie Jean-David Cahn, St. Moritz-Bad Werkstatt Hildegard Schenk, Zuoz Ausstellung Chesa Cumünela, Sils/Segl Maria Kunstschmiede Niggli, Samedan Gallaria Chesina, Sils-Maria Galerie Palü, Samedan Galleria Curtins, St. Moritz-Bad Atelier Pedretti, Celerina Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Zuoz 2art Gallaria Punt & Kunstraum Riss, Samedan Atelier-Galerie Elena Denoth, Zernez Galerie Roseg, Pontresina Galerie Fex, Fex Curtins Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz Atelier-Ausstellung Annetta Ganzoni, Zernez Galerie Peter Vann, S-chanf/St. Moritz Galerie Gmurzynska, St. Moritz Galerie von Bartha, S-chanf Atelier Reto Grond, Sils/Segl Maria Galerie Karsten Greve, St. Moritz Atelier Riet Luck, Pontresina Galleria Curtins, St. Moritz Galerie La Laterna, Zuoz The St. Moritz Design Gallery, St. Moritz Galerie Stefan Hildebrandt, St. Moritz Galerie Andrea Caratsch, St. Moritz Galerie Kunsthalle, St. Moritz Galerie Manuela Gadient, Zuoz

16 16 Galerie Pace, Zuoz Galerie Palü, Pontresina Galerie Patricia Low, St. Moritz Gallaria Chesina, Sils-Maria Diverse expositions in hotels 10.3 Libraries Biblioteca da Samedan, Samedan Biblioteca Engiadinaisa, Sils/Segl Baselgia Biblioteca La Plaiv, Zuoz Biblioteca Maloja, Maloja Library St. Moritz, St. Moritz Library Zernez, Zernez Dokumentationsbibliothek, St. Moritz Ludoteca Arlekin, Samedan SAC Library, Pontresina Chesa Planta, Rätoromanische Bibliothek, Samedan 10.4 Cinema Kino Scala St. Moritz 10.5 Casino 1 casino: Casino St. Moritz Bad (B casino)

17 17 11 Wellness, leisure pools and spa baths 11.1 Public wellness facilities, pools and baths Bellavita Adventure Pool & Spa, Pontresina Zernez Family Pool Mineral bath & spa Samedan Ovaverva Bath, Spa & Sportcentre St. Moritz 11.2 St. Moritz mineral springs St. Moritz mineral springs The Medical Therapy Centre St. Moritz Spa 11.3 Wellness facilities hotels Public wellness facilities at hotels include: Hotel Europa Wellness-Welt, Champfèr Grand Hotel des Bains Kempinski, St. Moritz Hotel Laudinella Wellness, St. Moritz Hotel Cresta Palace Spa, Celerina Grand Hotel Kronenhof, Pontresina Hotel Castell Hamam, Zuoz Hotel Kulm, St. Moritz Hotel Waldhaus, Sils Hotel Schweizerhof, Sils Hotel Giardino Mountain, Champfèr-St. Moritz

18 18 12 Sporting activities 12.1 Summer Walking paths 580 km Via ferrata 2 (Piz Trovat (2 route), La Resgia) Climbing garden 17 Mountainbike trails 400 km (easy, medium, difficult) Inline trail 14 km Nordic walking trails 225 km 18-hole golf courses 2 (Zuoz-Madulain and Samedan) 9-hole golf courses 1 (near the Kulm Hotel, St. Moritz) 6 greens with driving range 1 (near the Romantik Hotel Margna, Sils) Swimming lakes 5 Lägh da Cavloc (near Maloja) Lej Nair and Lej Marsch (near St. Moritz Bad) Lej da Staz (between St. Moritz and Celerina) Golf lakes (Samedan) Rope park 1 (Pontresina) Alpine tours and mountaineering various offers (Bergsteigerschule Pontresina) Water sports Kitesurfing, Sailboarding, Sailing, Canoeing on the Engadin Lakes

19 Winter Altitude ski area Total descents Night slopes Longest descent Full moon descents Freeride Slopes for unregulated skiers Ski areas Snow Parks Halfpipes Snow sport schools Cross country skiing trails Winter walking trails Tobogganing slopes Natural ice fields Snowkite 1,716-3,303 metres above sea level 88, of which: 20% easy (18 descents) 70% medium (61 descents) 10% difficult (9 descents) 4.2 km Corvatsch (Switzerland's longest illuminated night ski slope) 0.5 km Skilift Survih, Samedan 0.5 km Languard, Pontresina 10 km glacier descent (Diavolezza- Morteratsch) 5 km slope Diavolezza Alpine Safety Center, Diavolezza Freeride areas: - Lagalb to La Rösa- Val Arlas (Diavolezza) Georgi (Corvatsch) Sass Corviglia (Corviglia) Collinas (Diavolezza) 4 (Corviglia, Corvatsch, Diavolezza/Lagalb, Zuoz) 3 (Corviglia, Zuoz and Corvatsch) 1 (Snow Park Corvatsch: Superpipe, 6.8m/22ft) 10 Swiss Snowsports, numerous private up to 230 km: 234 km classic & 242 km skating 8 km floodlit trails in St. Moritz (skating), Pontresina (skating) & Zernez (classic) 150 km regional 4.2 km on Muottas Muragl with 705 metre difference in altitude; 8 other smaller tobogganing slopes. 18 km in total 13 (includes 1 ice way in Madulain) Lake Silvaplana, Lago Bianco

20 20 13 Mountain railways 13.1 Summer 4 mountain railway companies Number of facilities: 13 Mountain restaurants 6 cable railways, 1 cable car, 3 funicular railways, 3 chair lifts 56 restaurants; 2 mountain hotels 13.2 Winter 10 mountain railway companies Number of facilities: Total 58: 7 cable railways, 3 funicular railways, 1 cable car, 21 chair lifts, 26 ski lifts (8 beginners lifts) 34 slope grooming vehicles 384 snow guns Transportation capacity 65,000 persons / hour Mountain restaurants 54 restaurants; 2 mountain hotels 13.3 The 9 mountain railway companies Engadin St. Moritz Mountains AG *, St. Moritz (Areas covered: Corviglia, Muottas Muragl) Corvatsch AG*, Silvaplana (Areas Corvatsch, Furtschellas, Diavolezza/Lagalb) Sessel- und Skilifte AG Pontresina*, Pontresina Sessel- und Skilifte Zuoz AG, Zuoz Skilift Müsella AG, La Punt Skiliftgenossenschaft Survih, Samedan Skilift Aela Maloja AG, Maloja Skilift Cristins, Silvaplana (Silvaplana municipality) Skilift S-chanf-Bügls, S-chanf *also runs in summer

21 21 14 How to get there 14.1 Rail Zurich HB to St. Moritz 3 hours 21 minutes. Rhaetian Railway (RhB) from Chur Tirano to St. Moritz with the Bernina Express 2 hours 22 minutes 14.2 Car Zurich - St. Moritz 200 km 3 hours Milan - St. Moritz 175 km 3 hours Munich - St. Moritz 280 km 4 hours Basel - St. Moritz 280 km 4 hours Only vehicles with 4-wheel drive or those fitted with tyre chains are permitted on the passes in snow conditions Car transport Car transport Vereina (Klosters Selfranga - Sagliains) 14.4 Shuttles Engadin St. Moritz Express Frequency: on demand Route: Milano St. Moritz Milano Zurich St. Moritz Zurich Contact: Air By car from airport Zurich Basel Lugano Geneva Munich Frankfurt Friedrichshafen Innsbruck Milan Bergamo 215 km 290 km 180 km 480 km 280 km 590 km 210 km 190 km 175 km 195 km Engadin Airport for private aircraft and air taxi connections to national and international destinations.

22 22 15 The Engadin St. Moritz Tourism Organisation The creation of the destination Engadin St. Moritz was approved on by a referendum of Upper Engadine eligible voters Entrusted with marketing the destination and the local Tourist Information since January 2007 This unincorporated organization under public law was created following the merger of the tourism organisations of the 11 district municipalities of the Upper Engadine Today it comprises 13 municipalities (Maloja to Zernez) Combined financial and personnel resources Has a total budget of around 15 million francs On average 60 employees (full and part time) (as at 2017): CEO: Gerhard Walter Assistant to CEO: 1 employee Assistant of projects: 1 employee PR: 4 employees Product Management: 4 employees Sales / MICE: 5 employees Portal Management: 3 employees Information offices/tourist Information: 38 employees Trainees: 2 (1 st & 3 rd training year) 15.1 Main functions Marketing for the destination Engadin St. Moritz in 17 markets Maintaining an incoming booking platform (call centre and internet) for the destination. Operating information and sales offices (14 information offices/tourist Information, of which one [St. Moritz Dorf] is open 365 days) Branding and positioning Engadin St. Moritz 15.2 Additional services Providing marketing advisory services to municipalities and service providers upon request. As of: August 2017, next edition in Spring 2018