Booming summer tourism

Austria’s summer tourism is booming this year, according to the data acquired in the first half of the season (May to July) by Statistik Austria. The data suggests a 3.9% increase of overnight stays of guests from abroad to 21.19 million, while the number of domestic figures has dropped slightly by 0.3%. Nevertheless, with a total of 31 million overnight stays, this is the best seasonal result since 1995.

The largest number of foreign guests are traditionally German, and with 11 million (up 2.5%), this group makes up half of the overnight stays. Among the highest increases, however, the statistic shows a record number of Russian tourists (up 18.1%), followed by the Dutch (up 10.9%) and U.S. citizens (up 8.9%).