Record on the big Burgenland tour: 5,200 hiking fans enthusiastic!

Record on the big Burgenland tour: 5,200 hiking fans enthusiastic!

Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal, Österreich - The Great Burgenland Tour, organized by ORF, celebrated an impressive finale on May 30, 2025 in Heiligenkreuz in the Lafnitztal. With a record participation of 5,200 hiking fans over seven days, the event was a complete success. This number represents a new participant record and illustrates the growing interest in hiking tourism in the region.

The tour started in Gols in the Neusiedl am See district, where 600 participants broke up for the first stage right from the start. The second day led the hikers over a 18 -kilometer route in Eisenstadt, in which 800 people took part. The third day offered a special challenge in Bad Sauerbrunn with 500 hikers. The fourth stage in Oberpullendorf was also well attended in sunny weather with 550 participants. The fifth day in Großpetersdorf, which recorded the highest rush with 1,400 participants, was particularly remarkable, many students were.

successful final week

The sixth day took place in Eberau, where 800 hikers were again active in pleasant weather conditions. The finale of the tour, again in Heiligenkreuz in the Lafnitztal, finally gathered 550 hikers. In total, the participants covered around 126 kilometers, which underlines the diversity and the challenges of the different routes. Since 2013, 63 different routes have been moved with a total of 1,200 kilometers at nine editions of the tour, which reinforced the popularity of hiking tourism in the region.

Mag. Werner Herics, state director of ORF Burgenland, and marketing manager Mag. (FH) Christina Aichner expressed a positive statement about the event. The ORF Burgenland accompanied the tour extensively on radio, television and internet, with daily summaries in "Burgenland today" at 7:00 p.m. on ORF 2/B and live reporting on the radio from "Guten Morgenland" to "Radio Burgenland afternoon".

market development and tourism statistics

The big Burgenland tour is an example of the flourishing tourism industry in Austria. According to [wko.at] (https://www.wko.at/oe/tourismus-freisandwirtschaft/tourismus-statistics studies), a current study on the tourism and leisure industry for 2025 shows that hiking and leisure tourism make up a decisive part of the market. The collection of arrival and overnight statistics illustrates the economic importance of this sector.

Overall, the high number of participants in Burgenland Tour is an indication of the steadily increasing interest in active relaxation offers outdoors, which not only benefits the local economy, but also strengthens the sense of community in the participating regions. The permanent further development of the routes offered and the good organization by ORF Burgenland will continue to secure the success of this popular event in the future.

summarized: The big Burgenland tour not only set up a new participant record, but also showed how important hiking tourism is for the region. Participation and the interest in such events are closely linked to the positive trends in Austrian tourism that are recorded in the [current study] (https://www.wko.at/oe/tourismus-freisandwirtschaft/tourismus-statistiken- studies).

For more information about the event, please visit ORF Burgenland or Orf.at.