Jungfraubahn has once again crossed the million passenger mark on its main destination, welcoming 1.06 million visitors in 2024, compared to 1 million a year earlier. The ski lift operator claims a start to the winter season.
The 5.1% increase in the number of passengers for the destination “Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe” is the sixth consecutive year, with no decline observed since 2015, Jugfraubahn Holding recalled on Friday.
The attendance of groups of travelers returned to pre-pandemic levels and strongly supported the general trend, continues the company based in Interlaken. In addition, the number of visitors from the United States, India or South Asia -East increased again. China is still struggling to regain the place it held before the coronavirus pandemic.
The other destinations all show an increase in passengers. The jump reached 10% for Grindelwald-First to 926,900 visitors, compared to 507,200 for the Mürrenbahn (+12.2%). The Harderbahn totaled 878,200 passengers, an increase of 6.4%. The Eigerexpress shows an increase of 5.2% to around 2.11 million people transported.
-Beginning on November 30, the 2024-2025 winter season promises to be under the best auspices for Jungfraubahn Holding, which is claiming an increase of 5.1% in passengers to 218,500 for the Jungfrau Ski Region destination. Since December 14, winter sports have been practiced continuously, the press release specifies. The Top4 package, which includes the partner resorts of Adelboden-Lenk, Gstaad and Meiringen-Hasliberg, sold 33,000 units in pre-sale, more than during the previous ski season (32,000).
Jungfrau Ski Region is the result of local cooperation in which the Oberland group holds a majority stake of more than 60%.
This article was automatically published. Sources: ats/awp
