Austria's tourism breaks records: over 154 million overnight stays!

Austria's tourism breaks records: over 154 million overnight stays!

Austria's tourism is experiencing an extraordinary upswing! In 2024, the most successful year in the history of domestic tourism was recorded with 154.29 million overnight stays. In comparison to 2023, the overnight stays rose by 2.1 percent, which is particularly due to an increase in international guests. The increase from the USA, which achieved a record value with 2.38 million overnight stays, is particularly gratifying. How orf.at reported, however, Germany remains the most important market of origin with 58.45 million overnight stays.

Growth and new records

The tourist hotspots Tyrol and Salzburg jointly recorded over 79 million overnight stays, while Vienna had the highest gains compared to 2019 with an increase of 7.2 percent. With 18.86 million overnight stays, the city of Vienna again cracked a record. There was also increasing popularity in commercial apartments and houses, which increased by 8.1 percent compared to the previous year, as well as at campsites that rose to a total of 729 5min.at was reported.

The first two months of the 2024/25 winter season were also promising: with 18.17 million overnight stays, this period exceeded the six million mark to guests for the first time. The pre -Christmas period was also a real magnet in Vienna - the city was almost full. State Secretary for Tourism Susanne Kraus-Winkler emphasized the importance of the current figures and explained that 2024 could be considered a new “zero line” for tourism after earlier years were often measured on the comparison year 2019. Despite the positive development, many companies report rising costs that have not yet been sufficiently covered, according to the business representatives.