Switzerland commits to preserving and valorising architectural heritage, landscape quality and biodiversity in the Swiss Tourism Policy. High-quality landscapes and architectural heritage are key to making Switzerland an attractive and productive tourist destination. This requires coordination and cooperation between the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs and other sectoral policies, specifically with the Federal Office for the Environment and the Federal Office of Culture. Hence, these offices of three different Federal Departments work together to enhance knowledge-building and exchange as well as to plan and execute projects to preserve and valorise architectural heritage, landscape quality and biodiversity. There are also plans to improve measurability and monitoring.
The commitment falls under focus areas 1, 3, 4, 9.
It is relevant to SDGs 9, 11, 15.
Partners include the Federal Office for the Environment, Federal Office of Culture and Swiss Parks.
The commitment is part of the Nicosia call 2022.