In the middle of the economic fleece, domestic tourism went well in the winter season 2024/25 (November to April), as shown from preliminary data from the Austria statistics on Friday. The level from the time before Corona – six years later – was still not completely achieved.
In comparison with the previous year, overnight bookings in the hotels, guest houses and apartments rose by 1.6 percent to 72.3 million in the winter half (2018/19).
Graphics: Winter holiday in Austria 2024/25
The number of guest arrivals increased by 2.8 percent to 20.6 million in the past winter season and therefore more than the overnight stays. There were more vacations than in the previous year, but they remained as long. 14.6 million holidaymakers (plus 3.5 percent) came from abroad, 5.92 million from Austria (plus 1.2 percent).
Tyrol, Salzburg and Vienna the most popular
Tyrol and Salzburg dominated the current winter bookings – according to Statistics Austria, the two federal states were 57.9 percent of the night stay: almost 26.4 million was in Tyrol, 15.5 million in Salzburg. With a clear distance behind it, Vienna followed with 8.9 million overnight stays (plus 10.3 percent), Styria with 5.9 million (plus 0.1 percent), Vorarlberg with 4.9 million (unchanged), Cartinthia with 3.6 million (minus 1.9 percent), higher Austria (Plus 2 percent), with 2.8 million with 2.8 million) percent).
“Despite the recession and geopolitical uncertainties, the tourism winter season in Austria has completed a positive balance,” said Statistics Austria director Tobias Thomas. The overnight stays are just below the maximum value of the 2018/19 winter season. With a share of 46 percent, almost half of the bookings were made in the months of January and February (33.2 million).
The majority of holidaymakers come from Germany and Austria
In the winter of 2024/25, both the overnight stays of guests from domestic and abroad increased by 1.6 percent to around 16.5 million and 55.8 million. Holiday from Germany with 25.9 million overnight stays (minus 1.1 percent) was the most represented. Secondly, bookings from Austria were 16.5 million (plus 1.6 percent), followed by those from the Netherlands with 6.8 million (plus 2.5 percent). According to the statistics, more than two -thirds (68 percent) of all nights of the night were good for these three countries of origin.
In the previous calendar year 2025 (January to April 2025) the accommodation companies registered 54 million overnight stays – that was 0.8 percent less than in the previous year. Bookings from Austria stagnated at 11.6 million (plus 0.2 percent), which fell by 1.1 percent from abroad to 42.4 million. Easter fell in the month of April this year, last year in March. This explains the overnight stay of 23.9 percent to 8.2 million overnight stays in April 2025 compared to April 2024. Nearly 2.5 million bookings came from Germany (plus 7.4 percent), 5.7 million from abroad (plus 32.6 percent).
Source: Krone
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