Travel Habits

Overall, in 2018, 5.8 million enthusiastic tourists from Austria undertook 21.1 million holiday trips within Austria and abroad; half of the trips were domestic (50.7%). While the average length of stay was 3.5 nights for domestic holidays, holidays abroad averaged 6.6 nights. Accordingly more overnight stays were spent at foreign destinations (64.8%) than within Austria.

The most popular foreign travel destinations were Italy (21.1%), followed by Germany (15.2%), Croatia (12.7%) and Spain (5.7%).

Peak travel time was the 3rd quarter of 2018: this period (July - September) accounted for a total of 7.7 million (36.4%) of all holiday trips, with significantly more main trips with a minimum duration of four nights (58.9%) than short vacation trips (1 to 3 nights). A further 5.2 million holiday trips (24.5%) were made in the 2nd quarter of 2018 (April - June). The least holiday trips were made in the 1st quarter of 2018 (January - March: 3.8 million vacation trips; share 18.0%) and in the 4th quarter of 2018 (October - December: 4.4 million vacation trips; share 21.1%). In these two quarters significantly more domestic holiday trips were undertaken than trips abroad: 62.9% (1st quarter) and 57.9% (4th quarter) of all trips were spent in Austria.

The most popular means of transport remains the car: 62.6% of all holiday trips were made by car, for domestic travel the proportion (78.5%) was even higher. Considering holiday trips abroad, the aircraft (36.7%) was in second place after the car (46.3%).

Hotels and similar establishments were most often chosen as accommodation (54.3%) on holiday trips, followed by private accommodations free of charge (28.1%). For domestic trips the use of private accommodations free of charge (35.5%) is significantly more than for holiday trips abroad (20.5 %).

Business Trips 2018

Overall, 1.3 million individuals living in Austria (15+), undertook at least one business trip within Austria or abroad in 2018. This corresponds to a business travel intensity of 17.9%.

In the year 2018, 3.3 million business trips were undertaken. Less than half of the business trips (44.9%) were abroad and 76.5% of the business trips lasted no longer than three overnight stays. Most business trips abroad went to Germany (42.1%), followed by Italy (9.4%) and Switzerland (5.7%).