Arrivals, overnight stays

An increase in the number of nights spent by guests from Germany, the most important country of origin, showed an increase by +0.7% to 56.7 million. Also Czech Republic (+7.0%) or Belgium (+2.5%) developed positively. Other countries of origin like Switzerland and Liechtenstein (-0.9%) and the United Kingdom (-3.2%) showed decreases.

The most nights spent were still observed in 5-/4-star hotels, which increased by 2.7% to 54.3 million compared to 2018. The highest relative increase in nights spent was registered with 6.0% to 13.8 million in commercial holiday dwellings or houses. Establishments of the 2-/1-star category (+0.2%) closed also positively in 2019.

All Austrian Länder showed a positive trend in 2019. The highest relative growths in nights spent were recorded in Vienna (+6.8%), Upper Austria (+4.6%) and Lower Austria (+3.5%).

In the summer season 2019 79 million nights spent were reported, an increase of 2.9% compared to summer 2018. The number of nights spent from abroad rose by 3.3% to 55.7 million that of resident stays by 2.0% to 23.3 million. The number of arrivals (= number of guests) also reflects the positive development in the 2018 summer season. Arrivals increased by 3.6 to 25.6 million. Foreign arrivals (17.2 million; +4.0%) as well as domestic arrivals (8.4 million; +2.9%) increased significantly.

Germany, the most important source market, contributed positively to the nights spent result with 29.5 million (+3.2%) and holds a share of 53.0% of all foreign nights spent. Other important foreign markets of origin also developed positively: Nights spent by guests from the Czech Republic (+8.2%), from the USA (+4.8%) or from the Netherlands (+3.1%) rose significantly. Nights spent by guests from the United Kingdom (-6.9%) and Italy (-0.6%) showed decreases in the summer season 2019.

Hotels and similar establishments recorded an increase in the number of nights spent in the summer season 2019 of 2.3% compared to the 2018 summer season. Increases in all types of commercial accommodation establishments were observed (5-4-star establishments: +3.6%; 3-star establishments: +0.6%; 2-/1-star establishments: +0.4%; commercial holiday apartments: +8.3%). Private accommodation establishments also achieved positive overnight results in the 2019 summer season (+2.9%). The average length of stay in the summer season 2019 was 3.1 nights.

For winter season 2018/2019 (November 2018 to April 2019) a total of 72.9 million overnight stays were recorded which means a growth of 1.5% compared to the season 2017/18. The number of nights spent by non-residents showed a plus of 997 100 nights spent, and reached with 56.4 million a new all-time high. Also the number of arrivals (= number of guests) reached a new record level of 20.4 million (+2.9%).

The number of nights spent of the most important foreign countries of origin Netherlands (+3.2% to 6.3 million) and Belgium (+4.4% to 1.7 million) increased. Other important countries of origin also showed increases: Czech Republic (+5.7%), Italy (+7.7%) and Denmark (+6.1%). The number of nights spent by guests from the most important country Germany decreased by 0.7% to 26.9 million.

In the winter season 2018/19 all accommodation establishments (except private accommodations: -0.1%) showed increasing figures of nights spent. The highest relative rise was registered for commercial holiday dwellings (+5.5% to 7.8 million).