Travel Habits

Overall, in 2019, 5.8 million enthusiastic tourists from Austria undertook 21.2 million holiday trips within Austria and abroad; half of the trips were domestic (52.5%). While the average length of stay was 3.3 nights for domestic holidays, holidays abroad averaged 6.6 nights. Accordingly more overnight stays were spent at foreign destinations (64.7%) than within Austria.

The most popular foreign travel destinations were Italy (20.9%), followed by Germany (16.6%), Croatia (9.6%) and Spain (5.7%).

Peak travel time was the 3rd quarter of 2019: this period (July - September) accounted for a total of 7.0 million (33.2%) of all holiday trips, with significantly more main trips with a minimum duration of four nights (58.6%) than short vacation trips (1 to 3 nights). A further 5.6 million holiday trips (26.6%) were made in the 2nd quarter of 2019 (April - June). The least holiday trips were made in the 1st quarter of 2019 (January - March: 4.1 million vacation trips; share 19.4%) and in the 4th quarter of 2019 (October - December: 4.4 million vacation trips; share 20.8%). In these two quarters significantly more domestic holiday trips were undertaken than trips abroad: 67.2% (1st quarter) and 56.6% (4th quarter) of all trips were spent in Austria.

The most popular means of transport remains the car: 62.9% of all holiday trips were made by car, for domestic travel the proportion (78.7%) was even higher. Considering holiday trips abroad, the aircraft (37.5%) was in second place after the car (45.4%).

Hotels and similar establishments were most often chosen as accommodation (54.2%) on holiday trips, followed by private accommodations free of charge (28.5%). For domestic trips the use of private accommodations free of charge (35.8%) is significantly more than for holiday trips abroad (20.4 %).

Business Trips 2019

Overall, 1.5 million individuals living in Austria (15+), undertook at least one business trip within Austria or abroad in 2019. This corresponds to a business travel intensity of 19.5%.

In the year 2019, 3.6 million business trips were undertaken. Less than half of the business trips (50.3%) were abroad and 76.1% of the business trips lasted no longer than three overnight stays. Most business trips abroad went to Germany (48.4%), followed by Italy (8.8%) and Switzerland (3.1%).