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The following figures with regard to tourists in Switzerland have been compiled by Herr Freuler, of Zurich.
Money paid annually by visitors to hotel proprietors - between $15,000,000 and $20,000,000; paid to railway companies, etc., $3,375,000; gross profit is estimated at $12,375,000, from which $8,000 has to be taken for depreciation and improvements. The capital outlay is estimated at $120,-000,000.
There are some 1,896 hotels and pensions, etc., with 104,800 beds; 945 are only open in the season, 951 are open all the year, 22,000 people find regular employment in these hotels, and 5,000 irregularly, with wages totaling 9 to 11 million francs and gratuities amounting to 3 1-2 to 4 million francs. - "Daily Mail" Year Book.
 
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