The Economic Forum is strictly by invitation only , with 2,600 delegates . Average cost to a country to send each delegate is a whopping $ 20,000 . Getting to Davos and then the accomodation also hits the pocket hard . The most exclusive badge , the kind that gets you access to the behind the scenes secret society ( officially known as the Informal Gathering of World Economic Leaders ) , is the one with a holographic sticker . Wealthier delegates can take a train from Zurich to Davos for about $ 10,000 .
The Economic Forum is strictly by invitation only , with 2,600 delegates . Average cost to a country to send each delegate is a whopping $ 20,000 . Getting to Davos and then the accomodation also hits the pocket hard . Wealthier delegates can take a train from Zurich to Davos for about $ 10,000 .