In 2024, 27.5 million holiday journeys were carried out with at least one night – a new maximum value. We will tell you how and where the Austrians will travel in 2025 in 2025.
- The travel intensity remained almost unchanged at 76.4 percent compared to the previous record year 2023. This means that almost a quarter did not go on holiday.
- About 47.3 percent of the holiday trips led to Germany. The most popular federal states were Styria (19.7 percent), Lower Austria (14.8 percent) and Salzburg (13.5 percent). Italy (19.8 percent), Germany (14.7 percent) and Croatia (11.8 percent) were ahead of abroad. Long distance travel outside Europe made a noticeably higher share of 7.9 percent than in the previous year (6.5 percent).
- While the number of air travel rose again (18.7 percent of the trips), the use of the railway fell noticeable: only 13.6 percent of the journeys were made by train in 2024 report to a maximum value of 15.1 percent in the previous year.
- With a share of 61 percent, the car remained by far the most common means of transport, according to the Austria statistics.
- Relaxation holiday (28.9 percent) and visits to family members and acquaintances (25.6 percent) were also the most common holiday events in 2024. More than half of the trips lasted to three nights, 47.6 percent four nights or longer.
- The number of business trips fell slightly to around 3.81 million compared to 2023. There were a total of 31.3 million holiday and business trips in 2024.
- About 1.83 million people in Austria (23.6 percent of the population aged 15 and older) did not make a holiday trip with an overnight stay last year. The main reasons gave them a lack of travel events (49.7 percent), financial obstacles (34.7 percent), health restrictions (29.9 percent) and family or professional obligations.
Source: Krone
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