Orienteering is a competitive sport in which runners find their way through the wilderness with maps and a compass, often checking in specific points along the way. Combining racing with navigation, orienteering leads participants through unmarked terrain rather than on existing trails.

Swiss Orienteering Week will be held from 3 – 10 August, 2019, and is expected to bring over 20 million CHF in tourism spending. The event will include 3500 to 4000 visitors from three dozen nations worldwide. With nightly stays estimated at 40,000, the weeklong competition will bring approximately 6 million CHF in direct revenue and 14 million CHF in indirect revenue to the region.