Tourism project "Heidi-Alperlebnis" becomes concrete
The major tourist project "Heidi-Alperlebnis" on the Flumserberg is one step further. Implenia will develop the hotel resort, Steiner Sarnen a Heidi experience world.
For a total of CHF 100 million, a new hotel including parking garage and a "Heidi Alpine Experience Village" are to be realized, and the Tannenboden-Maschgenkamm mountain railroad is to be renewed. The aim is to attract an additional 200,000 visitors a year, according to the canton of St. Gallen.
Hotel resort and Heidi village
Bergbahnen Flumserberg AG, Alpkorporation Mols as the landowner, and the Office of Economic and Labor Affairs of the Canton of St. Gallen held an investor and operator competition. Implenia emerged as the winner for the hotel project. The plan is to build a resort with a comprehensive range of services and a "renowned national hotel operator". It has not yet been announced who this will be.
According to the canton, the project idea is particularly impressive because of its "integral consideration of the needs of tourism, the alpine economy and architecture and its compatibility with the landscape".
Project developer Steiner Sarnen Switzerland has developed a utilization concept for the "Heidi Alpine Experience" on the Moseralp. Guests will play out the Heidi story at numerous indoor and outdoor stations. The components of the previous alpine business such as gastronomy, livestock farming, alpine dairy and overnight accommodations will remain integrated, but will be modernized.
Flumserberg is to become a year-round destination
Bergbahnen Flumserberg AG is rebuilding the Tannenboden - Maschgenkamm gondola lift. The bottom station in Tannenboden is also being rebuilt. A more efficient gondola lift will replace the quad gondola lift and the quad chairlift Chrüz. The existing operations building will be renovated and converted into a lounge and meeting place.
The aim of all these projects is to promote the Flumserberg also as a summer destination and thus to develop it into a year-round destination, according to the canton. The planned construction projects in Tannenboden will trigger total investments of over CHF 100 million. "The entire region and the canton will benefit economically from this," St. Gallen is convinced.
