With the founding of the tourist office, the change from a farming village to a tourist resort began.

• Construction of the Richinen chairlift and the Matten ski lift*
• Construction of the first tennis courts
• Founding of the cooperative for the promotion of the tourism infrastructure Bellwald:

Belief in the future and concern for one's own village were the birthplace of the cooperative for the promotion of tourism infrastructure in Bellwald. "I'll make around three million francs available to you in one year. I don't have a red pony yet, but I'll get it together.” How would you react to this statement today? Exactly, you would dismiss it as stupid gossip, banish the content of the statement to the realm of fairy tales and legends. But exactly this statement was made on February 8, 1976 by the founders of the cooperative for the promotion of tourist infrastructure. They promised the then ski lift company PUMAG 500,000 francs to push ahead with the expansion of the lifts in Bellwald. Stupid chatter? Far from it, because the cooperative kept its word within a year, convinced many who cared about Bellwald and raised the money. The railways were expanded and the rapid development of Bellwald took its course.

The starting point at the time was the fact that neither the municipality of Bellwald nor private companies were able to cope with the financial demands that the rapid development of tourism in Bellwald brought with it. Within a very short time, the number of guest beds multiplied at the beginning of the 1970s. The mountain village quickly realized that the infrastructure could not keep up with the guest beds without additional funds. The foundations were lacking to allow builders and apartment owners to legally participate in the development of the station. "So we had to set up our own bank in order to provide the initial financing for necessary projects," recalls one of the founders. The idea: Everyone should contribute CHF 500 to the capital of the cooperative for each guest bed. With the money, the tourist offer in the place should be built up and expanded, which in turn would benefit every apartment owner.

"It wasn't child's play to convince people to provide the cooperative with 500 francs per guest bed," says another founder, looking back. "But we believed in the cause and together we managed to convince locals, craftsmen and chalet owners from near and far that this money would not benefit the cooperative but themselves." Members of various village associations sometimes went door to door to inform people. After a year, more than 400,000 francs in capital had been raised. The cornerstone for the success of the cooperative was laid and was to have a decisive influence on the development of the Bellwald holiday resort.

• Construction of the Hotel zur alten Gasse
• Reconstruction of the restaurant after avalanche damage*

• Construction of the first miniature golf course*
• 2,000 guest beds and 138,000 overnight stays

• Conversion and extension of the Fleschen restaurant*.
• Construction of the mini-golf facilities Gassen*

• 4,200 guest beds and 195,000 overnight stays
• Takeover of the Gassen sports and leisure facilities by the cooperative*.

• Construction of the Gassen farm building*.
• Construction of the nature and recreation park by the municipality

• Construction of boccia alley*
• Construction Gadebar alleys