About Visit Switzerland.com and tourist info
Swisstours owner of the domain
VisitSwitzerland.com subsidary of
Swiss International Airlines
+41 76 65 48151
mail: contact "at" swisstours.com
Switzerland Tourism
Switzerland's National Tourist Office
Morgartenstr 5a
8004 Zurich
Switzerland
+41 44 288 1111
mail: info "at" myswitzerland.com
more about Switzerland
Phone Book of the World.com
Wikipedia
Switzerland has no coastline.
It's a landlocked Alpine country with many beautiful lakes and lakeshores
13 Unesco World Heritage sites
Top 10 Tourist Attractions of Switzerland
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History of the website and Tourism Marketing in Switzerland
Switzerland.com
Domain registration date: 09-05-1995 registered by Gregory Paley from Seattle.
His company, Virtual Countries Inc owned the pure geo domains of 16 countries
The domain was aquired by Swiss Tourist board in 2001
Switzerland.ch
Domain Registration date: 15-01-1996 redirected to ch.ch
Visit Switzerland.com first Domain registration date: data lost
Second Domain registration date: 19-06-2001
Domain aquired: 2014
VisitSwitzerland.ch
Domain registration date: 28-07-1997
VisitSchweiz.com first Domain registration: data lost before 2003
Domain registration date: 27-01-2024
VisitSuisse.com
Domain registration date: 28-07-2006
MySwitzerland.com
Domain registration date: 26-02-1999
MySwitzerland.ch
Domain registration date: 17-05-1999
Timeline
Tourism in Switzerland began with British travelers.
1857 was founded an Alpine club in London.
1917 foundation of
"Nationale Vereinigung zur Förderung des Reiseverkehrs"
1932 foundation of the "Schweizer Fremdenverkehrsverband"
1985 first Internet domains registered
VB.com/1985
1991 the organisation was renamed as Schweizer Tourismus Verband.
1996 the organisation was renamed
Schweiz Tourismus / Suisse Tourisme / Switzerland Tourism
Switzerland Tourism is a federal corporation under public law tasked with promoting domestic and international tourism demand for Switzerland as a holiday, travel and conference destination
1997 Lauch of a webpresence with the internet address
SwitzerlandTourism.ch
1999 MySwitzerland.com registered 26-02-1999
2001 VisitSwitzerland.com registered a second time.
2001 Switzerland Tourism aquired the pure geo domain
Switzerland.com from the US company
Virtual Counties Inc
The exact sale price has not been disclosed.
Switzerland.com was first developped as a seperate website.
Now redirected to myswitzerland.com
The sale was discussed by Wired magazine
2014 Swisstours aquired the domain VisitSwitzerland.com
SWISStours is a Switzerland-focused travel company that sells holiday packages, rail passes, hotel bookings, sightseeing tours, and transportation services for trips in Switzerland and Europe.
Sadly Swisstours has not yet developed it's iconic VisitSwitzerland.com domain.
The Switzerland Tourism is the only national tourist board in the world that uses a domain format starting with the prefix "my"
2026 Several dormant Swiss Visit domains turn into beautiful websites, including the countries larges city
Visit Zuerich.com
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Switzerland has borders with 5 countries
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