Lucerne, Switzerland’s True Face

Lucerne is known as one of the Swiss trademark. A small town located on the edge of the lake differs from Zurich, the largest city in the country, has a population of 350 thousand inhabitants. Of the population is also very far behind compared Lucerne Basel, Geneva or Bern. But for tourism affairs, a small city in Central Switzerland was able to jump over the splendor of cities in the Swiss city. Lucerne is known as one vacation destination in the European sphere. In every tour to Switzerland, a visit to Lucerne is never missed.

Once stepping on the city railway station and crossed the street toward the area of Altstadt (old town), hundreds and perhaps thousands of tourists can also be sprayed from Asia, such as large buses that particular tourism, road sections crammed into this beautiful city. Lucerne tourism industry is competing with other most popular services industry such as bank or insurance. In a year, Lucerne is able to attract at least five million tourists. "Since the Iraq war and SARS, this year the tourists who come no more," said Angela Kaufmann from the statistical office of the city.

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