Domestic tourism operators and their guests achieved a record year in 2024. Overnight stays in hotels, guesthouses, and holiday apartments increased by 2.1 percent compared to 2023, reaching 154.29 million and thus exceeding the record of 2019 by 1 percent. The increase was mainly due to international guests, with a particularly high increase from the USA. However, the most important market continued to be Germany. 40 million holidaymakers came from Austria.

Holiday Guests Flooded Austria in 2024

More than half of the overnight stays last year were in Tyrol and Salzburg. However, the highest increases were in Vienna, Styria, and Burgenland. In terms of accommodation types, commercial holiday apartments and houses recorded a significant increase: 20.21 million overnight stays represented an increase of 8.1 percent compared to the previous year. However, the majority of overnight stays were still in 5- and 4-star accommodation establishments (54.63 million overnight stays).

Winter Season Off to a Great Start

In 2024, arrivals also reached a new record high: Compared to the previous year, the number of guests in 2024 increased by 3.3 percent to 46.71 million, and compared to the pre-Corona period in 2019, the increase was 1.1 percent, Statistics Austria announced on Friday in a press release.

The current winter season 2024/25 has started off great. In November and December 2024, there were a total of 18.17 million overnight stays across Austria, the number of guests increased to 6.12 million, thus exceeding the six million mark for the first time in this period.

(APA/Red)

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