tourism
Vienna’s tourism figures at the start of the year reflect a significant recovery compared to the time of the Covid 19 pandemic. In January, overnight net sales were 23% above pre-pandemic levels.
03/21/2023 11.17
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In January, the net overnight turnover of €63.4 million exceeded the pre-Corona level in the same month of 2019 by almost a quarter (23%), as announced by Tourism Vienna on Tuesday. In February, the dynamism was maintained: according to the information, the accommodations booked 881 thousand overnight stays and, therefore, 92% of the February level before the pandemic.
Looking at the most important source markets, the most overnight orders in February came from Austria (199,000) and Germany (145,000). Italy (44,000), Great Britain (35,000), France and the USA (both 30,000), Spain (28,000), Poland (26,000), Ukraine (22,000) and Israel (20,000) followed at a considerable distance.
Big jump in January
The average occupancy of beds in hotels in February was 38 percent (same month last year: 20.5 percent), that of rooms around 48 percent (February 2022: around 26 percent). A total of around 68,600 hotel beds could be booked in Vienna in February – around 9,900 or 16.9% more than in February 2022.
Overnight net turnover in January was 312% higher than the same month last year, when lockdown measures were still in place in Austria due to the corona. February data is not yet available.