Vienna Made a Leap Upward in Overnight Stays

This autumn, Vienna attracted significantly more tourists than a year ago. In October, bookings in hotels and guesthouses increased by 9 percent to 1.9 million overnight stays, and from January to October, the increase compared to the previous year was 6 percent (16.2 million overnight stays), as Vienna Tourism announced on Monday. The strongest increase in overnight stays in October was among tourists from China (up 45 percent).

Germany Ahead of Austria

Since May, visitors from the country have been among the top 10 highest-revenue nations, and now the Chinese have also caught up in terms of overnight stays, according to the marketing organization Vienna Tourism.

By far the most bookings in October came from visitors from Germany (376,000; up 8 percent) and Austria (346,000; up 4 percent). They were followed by the USA (114,000; up 9 percent), Italy (72,000; down 7 percent), the United Kingdom (64,000; down 4 percent), Spain (54,000; up 12 percent), Poland (30,000; down 3 percent), France (42,000; up 1 percent), Switzerland (43,000; up 3 percent), and China (42,000; up 45 percent).

Increase in Hotel Beds

In total, around 82,600 hotel beds were available in Vienna in October - about 2,700 more than a year earlier (up 3.4 percent). The average room occupancy rate climbed from 73 to 77 percent compared to the previous year, and the occupancy rate of hotel beds increased from 56.3 to 59.7 percent.

From January to October, however, the room occupancy rate slightly decreased from around 69 to 68 percent compared to the previous year, according to Vienna Tourism. The bed occupancy rate stabilized at 52.9 percent over the course of the year (previous year period: 53.3 percent).

More Revenue from Overnight Stays

The revenue from overnight stays is only available up to September - in the reporting month, it increased by 3 percent year-on-year to 134.3 million euros net, and from January to September, the increase was also 3 percent to around 993 million euros.

(APA/Red)

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