HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SWISS NATIONAL PARK!

2014 is a special year for the Swiss National Park (SNP) – it turns 100 years old. Established in 1914, it was the first national park in the Alps and the largest protected Area in Switzerland that extends over 65 square miles.

HEALTHY NATIONAL PARK REGION

The National Park Region is placing emphasis on the megatrend of health tourism: The development project «National Park Region – Health Region» envisages a symbiosis between health and tourism.

The project aims at linking the content of tourism, health and wellness offerings in innovative ways and jointly marketing them. The project is beginning to bear fruit: since the project’s beginning, several innovative products in the area of «Health Tourism» have been developed. For instance, vacations for guests with food intolerances, wellness and preventive offers, series of excursions guided by health experts, minor medical conferences, and much more. Also planned is an offer based on the topic «Vacations for guests with homecare needs» which is aimed at senior citizens.

The National Park Region is the first region in Switzerland that promotes and supports a collaboration of restaurants, hotels, and vacation apartments to ensure a carefree vacation for guests with food intolerances or allergies. To enjoy an «agreeable» vacation, the guests choose from among numerous controlled offers, and are able to recuperate with totally gluten and lactose-free meals while enjoying in various ways the beauty of the stunning environment they are surrounded with.

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