Fetes de Geneve poster 2009, ©FDG 2009
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Jean-Pierre Jobin, the president of Genève Tourisme, the organizers of the Fêtes de Geneve, says that the 2009 festivities attracted over two million people, and that this year’s edition was “exceptional”, thanks in great part to the weather. The budget this year was about CHF 3 million, and the Fêtes are estimated to have brought in CHF 120m in revenues for the city and canton of Geneva.
Jobin told a press conference after the event that he was happy with the results but cautioned that the city’s annual festival could be the victim of its own success. He warned of the danger of “saturation.”
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News story, GenevaLunch, 10 August 2009.
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