It is not stored on vacation and a visit to the restaurant, it was said time and again. But now the inflation also seem to leave their spurs in this area. This is how the registers of the domestic hotel industry behavior with guests have changed. In February the number of overnight stays in Austria fell compared to 2024.
From Monday to today, Thursday, the company is standing still, from tomorrow to Sunday the “Grande Final” of the 2024/25 season will increase – while the winter season bends on the home survey on the Kasberg, you could make the slopes in rear bus until April 6. In Schlading you can put on the Planai under the motto “Sonnenkilauf” with slope pleasure until April 21, which also makes an Easter holiday possible.
Let’s refuse “take it very seriously”
How did the winter of 2024/25 go in Austria? A strong level continues to talk with 51 million overnight stays. In February, however, there was a minus of 7.2 percent with 17.15 million nights compared to the same month – a huge damper “We take that very seriously,” says Elisabeth Zehetner, State Secretary for Tourism. Above all, the fact that the holidays in Bavaria and Holland were only left in the statistics in March – you comfort yourself with a seasonal effect.
Nevertheless, it also becomes clear that the budgets that have become scarce because the inflation leaves traces of people. “The behavior of our guests is changing. They come, but they save – when visiting the restaurant, with extra offers and often also on the duration of stay,” says Hans Spreitzhofer, chairman of the Hotelery Association in the Austrian Chamber of Commerce. The hotel industry itself also gets the cost pressure: “Despite a higher sales, our operating results are falling,” says Spreitzhofer.
The average stay is currently 3.3 nights. The trend to a very short booking of short stay continues – travelers are much dependent on the weather forecast, whether they travel or not.
Overnight Plus in the Tourism Year 2024 in Upper Austria
Incidentally, Upper Austria registered 8.85 million overnight stays in the 2024 tourism year (from November 2023 to October 2024). Compared to the year before, that was an increase of 2.4 percent.
Source: Krone
I’m Ben Stock, a journalist and author at Today Times Live. I specialize in economic news and have been working in the news industry for over five years. My experience spans from local journalism to international business reporting. In my career I’ve had the opportunity to interview some of the world’s leading economists and financial experts, giving me an insight into global trends that is unique among journalists.
