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Lugano Hotel Market
Data, trends and market observations for the Lugano hotel market.
Arrivals
Jan–Aug 2026194,776
-2.3%vs prior-year period
Overnight stays
Jan–Aug 2026372,554
-4.8%vs prior-year period
Foreign resident share
Jan–Aug 202659.2%
-1.2 ppvs prior-year period
Length of stay
Jan–Aug 20261.91nights
-2.6%vs prior-year period
Bed supply
August 20263.0 k
-3.9%vs prior-year month
Bed occupancy
August 202672.0%
-2.5 ppvs prior-year month
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Lugano Hotel Market Report
The latest official figures for the Lugano hotel market, prepared as a concise two-page report: annual view, year to date and market observations.
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Lugano at a glance
Lugano — annual view 2025
Demand, guest mix, supply and net occupancy for the Lugano hotel market across the annual series and the current period. All figures come from the HESTA accommodation statistics of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
Latest official data: August 2026.
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Overnight demand
Overnight stays in millions · Index 2019 = 100
Jan–Aug 2026
Guest mix
- Swiss residents
- 40.8%
- Foreign residents
- 59.2%
-1.2 pp vs prior-year period
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Supply & occupancy
Net room occupancy*
* Net room occupancy based on available net capacity. YTD occupancy is not calculated.
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS) · HESTA
- Reporting monthAugust 2026
- 73.7%
- Full year2025
- 58.2%
Lugano supply
Available rooms and beds in the reporting month.
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Research NotesData & Methodology
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS) · HESTA · Data through August 2026
Only official, traceable data is shown. Annual values run from 2019 to 2025, monthly values from January 2025 to the latest reporting month.
- Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS), HESTA accommodation statistics.
- Geography: political municipality of Lugano (BFS municipality number 5192), not the canton or a tourism region.
- Scope: open hotels and health establishments as defined by BFS. Origin refers to the guests' country of residence (Swiss residents or foreign residents).
- Net room and bed occupancy refer to available net capacity. Annual occupancy is not averaged from monthly percentages.
- Annual room and bed figures are official annual averages, not year-end stock. Current occupancy is the reporting-month value; YTD occupancy is not calculated.
- Length of stay is a DIH Solutions calculation (overnight stays divided by arrivals for the identical period) from official HESTA inputs and not a published BFS indicator.
- ADR and RevPAR are not part of the public dataset.
The data shown is based on official sources and is prepared by DIH Solutions Research. The presentation is a high-level market overview and does not constitute a project-specific feasibility, valuation or investment conclusion.
- Data source
- Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS) · HESTA
- Data through
- August 2026
- Last updated
- 14/10/2026
Technical details
Reporting period: August 2026
Monthly series: January 2025 – August 2026
BFS: supply and demand ↗ · BFS: demand by country of residence ↗