Arrivals, overnight stays

Overnight stays in hotels and similar establishments showed a positive trend: 5-/4-star establishments achieved the highest relative growth (+1.8%); hotels in the 3-star category attained a growth of 1.2%. According to a longtime trend, overnight stays in 2-/1-star establishments (-1.5%) and private accommodations (-3.9%) declined further. Overnight stays in private holiday dwellings remained to a large extend unchanged (-0.1%). Due to a general positive trend in overnight stays in 2011, almost every federal province – apart from Tyrol (-0.2%) and Vorarlberg (-2.4%) – closed with a positive result; Vienna showed the largest increase with 5.0%.

In the winter season 2010/2011 62.1 million overnight stays were registered. This represents a decrease of 1.0% compared to the winter season 2009/2010. The negative trend is due to a decline of overnight stays by non-residents (47.2 million;-1.3%); with 14.9 million overnight stays by residents the record from 2009/2010 was missed by only 13.000 overnight stays. Crucial for the slight decline in overnight stays (-1.3%) was the decrease in overnight stays from Germany, which fell by 5.7% to 23.5 million. The number of overnight stays by guests from the Netherlands (-0.6%) and the United Kingdom (-2.6%) also dropped. Guests from the Switzerland and the USA spent more nights than in the previous year (+12.6% or 13.0%). Overnight stays in hotels in the 5-/4-star category increased by 0.9%, while overnight stays in 3-star or 2-/1-star establishments decreased by 0.5% or 4.3%.

In the summer season 2011, a total of 64.0 million overnight stays were reported, 2.4% more than in summer 2010. The positive trend is mainly due to an increase of overnight stays by non-residents (43.7 million, +3.2%). The number of guests from Germany (country of origin with the most overnight stays) increased by 2.6% to 24.0 million, arrivals from guests of the Netherlands (second most origin country) dropped slightly (-1.4%). Switzerland (+10.8%) and countries from Central resp. Eastern Europe (Czech Republic: +12.8%; Hungary: +18.5%; Russia: +30.6%, Poland: +25.8%; Romania: +4.2%) closed with a positive result. The number of nights spent by Austrian residents remained high (20.3 million, +0.8%). Overnight stays in hotels in the 3- and 5-/4-star-category increased by 2.8% resp. 2.2%. The number of guests in private accommodations decreased slightly (-1.7%); arrivals in private holiday dwellings increased by 2.4%.