Editing Locarno (section)

==Economy==
[[File:La Ferreira (the ironworks).jpg|thumb|upright|Office building in Locarno]]
{{as of|2007|In 2007}}, Locarno had an unemployment rate of 5.93%. {{as of|2005}}, there were 86 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 23 businesses involved in this sector. 2,385 people were employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there were 158 businesses in this sector. 7,338 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 920 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/> 6,688 residents of the municipality were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.6% of the workforce.

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, 7,550 workers commuted into the municipality and 2,864 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 2.6 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 12.1% of the workforce coming into Locarno are coming from outside Switzerland, while none of the locals counted in the census, commute out of Switzerland for work.<ref name="commuter">[http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office – Statweb] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804043150/http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php |date= 4 August 2012 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 June 2010</ref> Of the working population, 10.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 44.1% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>

{{as of|2009}}, there were 30 hotels in Locarno with a total of 777 rooms and 1,536 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= 7 July 2011 }} {{in lang|it}} accessed 23 November 2010</ref>