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Vienna, 2010-02-02 – In the reference period November 2008 to October 2009 about 67 200 accommodation establishments (excluding campsites) and 1.09 million beds (excluding extra beds) were reported in Austria according to Statistics Austria. The number of establishments declined in comparison to the reference period 2008 by 0.8%, the bed capacity rose by 1.0%.

In the winter season 2008/09, the bed occupancy amounted to 34.3% (-0.9 percentage points under the previous year's winter). In 5-/4-star establishments utilization declined 2.5 percentage points to 49.5%, in 3-star establishments there was a decrease of one percentage point to 35.9%. In private accommodations (19.2%) and private holiday dwellings (26.7%) the previous year's level could not be surpassed.

In the summer season 2009, the bed occupancy compared to 2008 declined from 30.2% to 29.6%. The bed occupancy of establishments in the 5-/4-star category decreased by 2.9 percentage points from 52.8% to 49.9%, those of establishments of the 3-star category (35.0%,  previous year: 36.3%) and the 2-/1-star hotels (22.3%, previous year: 22.7%) were under  the previous year's levels. Beds in private accommodations and private holiday dwellings were utilized to 16.2% and 15.5%.

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