PRESS RELEASE: 9.703-145/10

Successful start of the tourism summer season: Overnights in May reach 6.49 mill. (+3.1%)

Vienna, 2010-06-28 – In May 2010, the first month of the current summer season, the total number of overnights increased by 3.1% to 6.49 million, due to non resident visitors' overnights which rose by 7.2% to 3.94 million. However, resident visitors' overnights decreased by 2.7% to 2.55 million. The first five months of the year 2010 (January to May) showed a slight increase in overnights by 0.4% to 55.47 million.

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