Jürgen Hofer, Tourism Director of Solothurn, emphasized at the award ceremony on Monday, 20 May 2019: "The selection was not easy due to the high quality and the great variety of great projects in the canton of Solothurn." In addition to the Bike Days, the running event "Light Run" and the regional wrestling festival "Weissenstein Schwinget" were also nominated for the award.

A total of 16 projects were submitted for the Solothurn Tourism Award. In a multi-stage process, a three-member jury of experts nominated three projects worthy of the award. The decisive factors for victory were the high level of innovation with the combination of different formats, the uniqueness of the product and its national impact: the Bike Days as a meeting point for the national cycling industry with top international athletes attract visitors from all over Switzerland and spread images nationally and internationally.

"The Bike Days are at home here in Solothurn and we are proud to have been awarded the Solothurn Tourism Prize. Over the past eleven years, our event has been able to grow here and establish itself locally. We are delighted that our efforts are appreciated by the canton and tourism!", says Erwin Flury, OC President of Bike Days.

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