Turismo
2016: Nearly 15 Million Bednights for Vienna
With 14,962,000 visitor bednights in 2016, Vienna topped its previous best result from 2015 by 4.4%. A total of 6,884,000 arrivals were recorded, an increase of 4.5%. With an accommodation capacity of around 66,000 hotel beds, Vienna's average room occupancy increased to around 74% (2015: 72%). Based on 2015's above-average growth, the net room revenues of accommodation establishments in 2016 were roughly equivalent to those of the previous year, totaling 663.4 million euros for January thru' November 2016 , the period already evaluated (-0.3%).
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"About 80% of visitor bednights in Vienna are attributable to international visitors. We are working to ensure continued internationalization, win airlines for Vienna , and achieve sustainable growth under the umbrella of the Tourism Strategy Vienna 2020 and its theme of 'Global.Smart.Premium'," explains Director of Tourism Norbert Kettner . With more than 3,500 conventions and corporate events a year, Vienna is one of the world's leading meeting destinations, as well as continually receiving awards for its outstanding quality of life.
In 2016 Vienna recorded a particularly strong influx of visitors from Germany (2,972,000 bednights, +7%), Austria (2,823,000, +8%), the USA (831,000, -1%), Italy (736,000, -2%), the United Kingdom (694,000, +18%), Spain (476,000, +9%), Switzerland (439,000, +1%), France (401,000, +8%), Russia (334,000, -18%) or China (329,000, +15%). " Vienna provides the experiences of a metropolis without the stress factors of a metropolis. Our declared goal is to convince the traveling public of Vienna's wide selection of premium offerings," concludes Kettner.
Vienna Tourist Board
Isabella Rauter
Tel.: +43-1-211-14-301
E-mail: media.rel@vienna.info
http://www.vienna.info
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