Austria‘s tourism industry recorded an all-time record high of 81.59 million stays during the summer of 2024, a 0.8% increase on the previous year, Statistics Austria has said.
Commenting on the most recent summer season, which ran from May to October, Statistics Austria director general Tobias Thomas said, “This year’s summer tourism season has surpassed last year’s record summer. With a total of 81.59 million overnight stays, Austrian hotels, guesthouses and holiday flats were booked more than in any other summer since statistical records began in 1973.
“At more than two thirds or 70.9% of overnight stays, the majority of these were attributable to guests from abroad.”
International visitors
Germany remained the largest group of international visitors to Austria during the summer, contributing to 31.66 million nights, a 0.2% increase compared to the previous year.
Elsewhere, visitors from the Netherlands (−3.1%; 4.21 million) and Switzerland together with Liechtenstein (−0.3%; 2.48 million) saw slight declines.
However, there was a notable increase in stays by visitors from Czech Republic (+3.0%; 1.75 million), Italy (+2.7%; 1.62 million) and the USA (+15.3%; 1.49 million).
The domestic tourism market also played a key role, however the number of overnight stays by Austrian residents decreased slightly, by 0.4%.
While it came at the end of the summer season, October recorded another milestone, recording over nine million overnight stays, a 4.5% increase on the same month the previous year.
In the calendar year to date, between January and October 2024, a total of 136.1 million overnight stays were reported in Austria, which is 1.1% higher than in the corresponding period a year earlier (134.59 million).
Nights spent by guests from abroad exceeded the 100 million mark at 100.70 million (+1.4%), while guests from Austria spent 35.39 million nights in tourist accommodation locations. Read more here.
Rekord im österreichischen Sommertourismus. ⛰️🚵♀️
— Statistik Austria (@STATISTIK_AT) December 4, 2024
Mit insgesamt 81,59 Millionen Nächtigungen waren österreichische Hotels, Pensionen und Ferienwohnungen so gut gebucht wie in keinem anderen Sommer seit Beginn der statistischen Aufzeichnungen 1973.
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