European Rail Travel - New daily TGV service between Paris and Interlaken

As of 9th December 2012, a daily TGV train will connect Paris to Interlaken. on week-ends, there will be two daily trains. The current train stops in Bern.

Very good news !

I think they will need to hire chinese speaking train staff - both cities rank high among asian tourists. :)

I think they will need to hire chinese speaking train staff - both cities rank high among asian tourists. :)

From my observation, mountain trips in Switz. have a large Japanese ridership.

From my observation, mountain trips in Switz. have a large Japanese ridership.

+1 i've heard/seen japanese as well as (the official) german, french and italian instructions at both zermatt and jungfraujoch, along with various other languages (english, etc). however, they're normally missing chinese instructions....

I knew I had read about the chinese somewhere:

http://bazonline.ch/wirtschaft/unternehmen-und-konjunktur/Das-Oberland-hofft-auf-einen-Boom/story/31780630

«Bereits heute ist Interlaken bei den Gästen aus Japan die drittbeliebteste Schweizer Destination nach Zermatt und Grindelwald. Bei den Besuchern aus China rangiert Interlaken ebenfalls auf Rang drei, allerdings nach Luzern und Zürich. » Die Logiernächte chinesischer Gäste in Interlaken seien 2011 um 80 Prozent gestiegen ...

quick simplified translation:
"today, Interlaken is the 3rd swiss destination among japanese travellers after Zermatt and Grindelwald. It's as well the third destination for chinese - after Luzern and Zurich. " 80% more nights for chinese guests in Interlaken in 2011 ...