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Jungfraubahn Holding AG: 1.067 million guests at the Top of Europe Freitag, 04. Januar 2019 - 07:01
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Jungfraubahn Holding AG: 1.067 million guests at the Top of Europe
04-Jan-2019 / 07:00 CET/CEST
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1.067 million guests at the Top of Europe
For the third time in its history, in 2018 Jungfrau Railways has attracted
over a million visitors to the Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe. At the same
time, the number of guests was increased in the summer season at all
Experience Mountains.
The Jungfrau Railway Group can look back on a successful year in terms of
visitor numbers. Strong demand from Asia contributed to the high visitor
numbers at the Jungfraujoch. In 2018, 1,067,000 guests travelled to the Top
of Europe, corresponding to a year-on-year increase of 2.4 per cent. This
means the one million visitor mark was exceeded for the third time. It was
important for the company to continue the intensive market development,
particularly in Asia, and to further strengthen its Jungfraujoch - Top of
Europe brand.
Due to the persistently warm temperatures and lack of snow, the Jungfrau Ski
Region's start to the winter season 2018/2019 was challenging. However,
thanks to high-performance snow-making systems, Jungfrau Railways was able
to open facilities from the beginning of December and to offer a continuous
winter sports operation at its two sub-areas of Grindelwald-Wengen and
Grindelwald-First before the holidays. Pre-sales of the season passes, which
was positive for both season tickets for the Jungfrau Ski region for locals
and the Top4 skipass (a partner offer from Adelboden-Lenk, Gstaad, Jungfrau
Ski Region and Meiringen-Hasliberg) are looking positive. The Jungfrau Ski
Region is a co-operation in which the Jungfrau Railway Group holds more than
60%. From the start of the season until 2 January 2019, the Jungfrau Ski
Region registered 173,000 skier visits and recorded a decline of -3.9 per
cent on the same period a year ago.
In the Experience Mountains segment, the other railways in the group all
performed better than the previous year. First Railway (+26.8%) and Harder
Railway (+21.0%) continued their positive trend and both achieved a
significant increase in the number of guests in the summer season from April
to November compared to the record level of the previous year. During the
reporting year Harder Railway was in operation for the second time until the
end of November. The long-lasting, stable and warm weather until late autumn
boosted visitor numbers at all Experience Mountains. It also backed up the
company's decision to extend the Harder season by one month. The Mürren
Railway carried 719,500 passengers and was able to outperform the the
previous year's good performance by 9.8%. Above all, cross-marketing with
the Jungfraujoch contributed to the positive result.
Passenger Passenger Change in
numbers 2018 numbers 2017 per cent
Jungfrau Railway (Jungfraujoch 1,067,000 1,041,500 2,4%
arr.)
Grindelwald-First (From valley 587,500 497,000 18.2%
station, summer & winter)
Mürren Railway (Total numbers) 719,500 655,000 9.8%
Harder Railway (Total numbers) 542,500 448,500 21.0%
Skier visits Season Skier visits Season Change in
start - 2/1/2019 start - 2/1/2018 per cent
Jungfrau 173,000 180,000 -3.9%
Ski Region
Link:
www.jungfrau.ch/en-gb/corporate/investor-relations/jungfraubahn-holding-ag/adhoc-news/
For questions: Patrizia Bickel, Head of Corporate Communications: +41 (0)79
222 53 10
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