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Previous winter season 2009/10: early Easter holidays cause 1.3% more nights spent and 3.0% more arrivals

Vienna, 23 April 2010 – According to the latest available data from Statistics Austria, the overnight stays in Austrian accommodation establishments in the period November 2009 to March 2010 closed with a positive result (56.08mn nights spent; +1.3%). The overnight stays of resident visitors increased by 3.4%, those by non-resident by 0.7%. In March 2010 12.6 million nights spent (+12.7%) and 2.9 million arrivals (+12.5%) were observed.

For more detailed information please refer to the German version and http://www.statistik.at/web_en/statistics/tourism/accommodation/arrivals_overnight_stays/index.html.