Editing Ascona (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Ascona Albergo Hotel.jpg|thumb|Piazza Hotel, one of the many hotels in Ascona]]
{{as of|2007|In 2007}}, Ascona had an unemployment rate of 4.99%. {{as of|2005}}, there were 9 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 3 businesses involved in this sector.  361 people were employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there were 47 businesses in this sector.  2,683 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 353 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/>  There were 2,233 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.0% of the workforce.

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 2,056 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,149 workers who commuted away.  The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.8 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.  About 16.0% of the workforce coming into Ascona are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.1% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work.<ref name=commuter>[https://archive.today/20120804043150/http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb] {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 June 2010</ref>  Of the working population, 7.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 47.8% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>

{{as of|2009}}, there were 34 hotels in Ascona with a total of 1,192 rooms and 2,230 beds.<ref>[http://www.ti.ch/DFE/USTAT/DATI_RIEPILOGHI/default_x.asp?menu=10&key1_testo=Turismo&key1=10&key2=03&key3=01  Settori alberghiero e paralberghiero] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707003852/http://www.ti.ch/DFE/USTAT/DATI_RIEPILOGHI/default_x.asp?menu=10&key1_testo=Turismo&key1=10&key2=03&key3=01 |date=July 7, 2011 }} {{in lang|it}} accessed 23 November 2010</ref>