Switzerland is banking on the new habits of Asian tourists

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Today’s highlights

VATICAN: Federal President Viola Amherd attends the swearing-in of 34 new Swiss Guards at the Vatican. She is accompanied by the Presidents of the Federal Chambers Eric Nussbaumer and Eva Herzog.

CYBERSECURITY: The Federal Office for Cybersecurity takes stock of its first 127 days during a press briefing. This new office coordinates the National Cyber ​​Strategy (CSN).

PUBLIC SPACE: the City of Geneva unveils its action plan on monuments to personalities who encouraged racism and colonialism. A building at Carl Vogt University has already been renamed in autumn 2022 and the bust of the naturalist, who caused controversy for his sexist and racist theses, removed in front of the Bastions building.

SPACE: Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is due to take off on Monday and transport NASA astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time – several years behind SpaceX. This final Starliner test flight, before the start of its regular operations, is crucial for the aerospace industry giant, which, among other things, is at risk for its reputation.

Seen in the press

TOURISM: New generations of Asian tourists, eager for experiences, are increasingly opting for individual trips to the detriment of large organized trips, reports Le Temps.

To take advantage of this development, Suisse Tourisme signed last Monday, on the occasion of Swiss Holidays Day, a collaboration agreement with the travel services platform Klook. The contract, lasting three years, has two goals: to increase the number of individual Asian travelers and to encourage longer stays.

ARMY: The Swiss Army has hired an external company to analyze the media coverage it receives. The contract with the company Pressrelations runs until mid-2031, report CH Media’s German-speaking newspapers. The army did not communicate the price of this mandate, referring to a legal provision.

The Department of Defense has the largest communications team within the administration, CH Media newspapers write. The army justified its appeal externally by the fact that it needed a fresh perspective.

Birthdays and jubilees

– One year ago (2023): Charles III was crowned King of England eight months after the death of his mother Elizabeth II and his accession to the throne. His wife Camilla is crowned queen.

– 5 years ago (2019): Birth of Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, first child of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

– 10 years ago (2014): Death of German art collector Cornelius Gurlitt. More than 1,400 works of art were found in his home, some of which were stolen from Jews during Nazism. He bequeathed his collection to the Museum of Fine Arts in Bern.

– 30 years ago (1994): French President François Mitterrand and Queen Elizabeth II of England inaugurate the Euro-Channel Tunnel.

– 30 years ago (1994): A US government employee, Paula Jones, files a sexual harassment complaint against President Bill Clinton. The complaint was dismissed in 1998, although the accusations could not be unequivocally dismissed.

– 75 years ago (1949): Death of the Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck (“Pelléas et Mélisande”). He is considered one of the main representatives of symbolism.

– 85 years ago (1939): Inauguration of the national exhibition, “Landi 39”, in Zurich. Despite the general mobilization of September 1, 1939, the exhibition was not interrupted. It will last until October 29 and will welcome more than ten million visitors.

– 85 years ago (1939): Birth of Swiss jazz bassist and vibraphonist Isla Eckinger.

– 95 years ago (1929): Birth of Hans Beck, the inventor of Playmobil. He died on January 30, 2009.

Saying of the day

On the day of Saint Boniface, all mud disappears

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