DAVOS

'Davos' is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland.
It is located on the Landwasser River.

Davos is famous as the host to the annual meetings of the World Economic Forum (WEF), an annual meeting of global political and business elites, which is often referred to as simply ''Davos''. It is also known as a winter sports area, including serving as the site of the annual Spengler Cup ice hockey tournament, which is hosted by the HC Davos local hockey team.

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History

Pronunciation

See also

External links

History

Davos was a popular destination for the rich and ailing because the microclimate in the high valley was deemed excellent by doctors and recommended for lung disease patients. Arthur Conan Doyle wrote an article about skiing in Davos in 1899. Davos is also the setting of Thomas Mann's novel ''Der Zauberberg'' (''The Magic Mountain''), which takes place at a sanatorium.
In the ''"natural ice"'' era of winter sports, Davos, and the ''Vaillant Arena'' (previously known as ''Davos Eisstadion'') was a mecca for speed skating. Many international championships were held here, and many world records were set, beginning with Peder Østlund who set four records in 1898.
Subsequently, Davos became famous as a ski resort, especially with citizens from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. After a peak in the 1970s and 1980s, the two-part city has re-established itself as a leading, yet less high-profile, tourist attraction.

The five main ski areas are:

★ Parsenn / Gotschna

★ Jakobshorn

★ Pischa

★ Rinerhorn

★ Schatzalp

★ Madrisa

Pronunciation

English-speaking broadcast journalists covering the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting, along with many speakers at the meeting itself, commonly mispronounce the town's name by shortening the ''o'' to make the word rhyme with "moss", i.e., ''DAH-voss'' (). The correct pronunciation is ''DAH-vohs'' ().

See also

★ Lake Davos

★ World Economic Forum

External links

★ Davos.ch - Official website tourism information

★ Municipality of Davos - Official website

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