According to a statement from Vienna Tourism on Tuesday, overnight revenues in accommodation establishments increased by 12 percent compared to the previous year, reaching a net 1.38 billion euros. This represented the best value since records began.

Vienna's Tourism Recorded Almost 19 Million Overnight Stays

Vienna recorded almost 8.2 million tourist visitors, an increase of 9 percent compared to 2023. They booked 18.9 million overnight stays, which is an increase of 11 percent. The industry has now fully left the impacts of the Corona pandemic behind – overnight stays last year were about 7 percent above the previous record value of 2019, while in 2023 they were still 2 percent below.

Promising Start for Vienna's Tourism This Year

The start of this year also looks promising: According to the information, Vienna recorded a 10 percent increase in overnight stays in January to 1.1 million compared to the same month last year. The average occupancy rate of hotel rooms improved year-on-year from around 47 to 49 percent, and that of beds from 36.5 to 37.5 percent. In total, around 78,900 hotel beds were offered in the federal capital this January - about 8 percent or 5,600 beds more than in January 2023.

Despite a 6 percent decline, most overnight stays in January came from visitors from Austria, with 197,000 overnight stays. They were followed by those from Germany (153,000, plus 8 percent), Italy (87,000, plus 7 percent), the USA (48,000, plus 14 percent), Spain (41,000, plus 5 percent), the United Kingdom (37,000, minus 2 percent), Ukraine (31,000, plus 43 percent), France (29,000, minus 1 percent), Romania (28,000, plus 43 percent), and Poland (26,000, plus 12 percent).

(APA/Red)

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