Switzerland's largest airport, numerous industry-specific companies, research institutes and associations are located in the immediate vicinity. The Mercedes Benz International Dealer Conference was held in Davos and the city enjoys a constant stream of recurring events from the transport industry.
In Switzerland, there were almost 130,000 jobs (full-time equivalents) in tourism-related sectors in 2011. Accommodation and catering in restaurants and hotels were the most important employers in terms of numbers, each accounting for around a quarter. The transport sector came third with 15% (almost 25,000 FTEs). Within this branch of industry, mountain railways offered the third most jobs with 23% (5619 FTEs), just behind air traffic and rail.
There are two main categories of cable car systems: funiculars and aerial cableways. Aerial cableways are divided into reversible and circulating cableways. Reversible cableways move on supporting cables using a traction cable and have a larger capacity than circulating cableways. The second largest proportion of systems is in the canton of Graubünden. Together with another canton, Graubünden generates more than half of the passenger transport revenues.
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