Jungfraubahn Sees Record Visitor Numbers at Start of Ski Season
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss mountain rail firm Jungfraubahn Holding said on Friday it had made its best ever start to a ski season, with visitors from the United States, India and Southeast Asia this winter helping to offset weaker numbers from China and Japan.
In 2024, 1,058,600 guests visited the Jungfraujoch station at the saddle connecting the Jungfrau and the Mönch mountains, a 5.1% increase from the previous year, Jungfraubahn said, noting group visits were back to pre-pandemic levels.
"The start of the 2024/2025 winter season was the best in history," the company said in a statement.
While visitors from the United States, India and Southeast Asia are up, the numbers from China and Japan are still about 50% behind pre-crisis levels, Jungfraubahn said.
From the beginning of the winter sports season on Nov. 30 through to Dec. 31, 2024, the Jungfrau Ski Region logged 218,500 skier visits, also an increase of 5.1% and the strongest start to the season on record, the company said.
(Writing by Dave Graham; Editing by Christina Fincher)