Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a small state in the heart of the Alps of Western Europe (Figure 1). It has a size of 41,285 km2 (15,940 mi2) with a population of eight million and is one of the most advanced and prosperous nations with a GDP of about US$500 billion in current terms in 2012.
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Keller, P.F. (2016). Switzerland. In: Jafari, J., Xiao, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01384-8_195
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