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Austria Tourism Statistics for November 2026
Guests from abroad made 33.5 million arrivals at paid accommodation in Austria in 2025, 4.1% more than in 2024, and spent 116.8 million nights there. International travel receipts were €25.9 billion (provisional). Germany is by far the largest market, with 58.6 million overnight stays, half of all nights spent by foreign guests. Arrivals of foreign guests in January–September 2026 were 3.7% higher than a year earlier.
How many people visit Austria, where they come from, what they spend and where they stay, using the latest official statistics. Full sources are listed at the bottom of the page. Headline numbers are for 2025, the most recent full year, with 2026 year-to-date where available. Austria does not count visitors at the border. It counts guests when they check in at paid accommodation: hotels, guesthouses, holiday flats, private rooms and campsites. Each check-in counts as an arrival, so one visitor can be counted more than once (see the methodology).
Inbound visitors
International visitors to Austria
Guests from abroad made 33.5 million arrivals at Austrian paid accommodation in 2025, 4.1% more than in 2024 and 5.1% above the 31.9 million of 2019. Arrivals fell to 12.7 million in 2021, during the pandemic. In January–September 2026 there were 27.7 million arrivals of foreign guests, 3.7% more than in the same months of 2025.
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| Period | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 31.9m | pre-pandemic |
| 2020 | 15.1m | pandemic |
| 2021 | 12.7m | pandemic |
| 2022 | 26.2m | |
| 2023 | 30.9m | |
| 2024 | 32.2m | |
| 2025 | 33.5m |
Arrivals of guests from abroad at paid accommodation of all types, including private rooms, holiday flats and campsites; a guest who stays at several establishments is counted at each one. Overnight stays by foreign guests: 112.8 million in 2019, 114.1 million in 2024 and 116.8 million in 2025 (+2.4%). 2026 so far: 27.7 million arrivals and 98.1 million overnight stays in January–September (+3.7% and +2.4%, provisional).
Visitor spending
What international visitors spend
International visitors spent €25.9 billion in Austria in 2025, according to the balance-of-payments travel receipts. That was 6.6% more than the €24.3 billion of 2024 and 26.4% above 2019 in cash terms. The 2025 figure is provisional. Figures are nominal.
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| Period | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | €20.5bn | pre-pandemic |
| 2020 | €12.1bn | pandemic |
| 2021 | €8.8bn | pandemic |
| 2022 | €18.7bn | |
| 2023 | €22.8bn | revised |
| 2024 | €24.3bn | revised |
| 2025 | €25.9bn |
Travel receipts cover spending in Austria by all travellers from abroad, including day-trippers, cross-border shoppers, commuters, seasonal workers and students. International passenger transport is excluded. 2023 and 2024 are revised values and 2025 is provisional.
Source markets
Where Austria's visitors come from
Germany is by far the largest market, with 58.6 million overnight stays in 2025, half of all nights spent by foreign guests. The Netherlands (11.3 million) is a distant second, ahead of Switzerland and Liechtenstein (4.3 million). Arrivals from the United States were 1.01 million (+5.0%). Bars show 2025 overnight stays; the muted figure is that market's arrivals.
Markets are ranked by 2025 overnight stays in paid accommodation, by country of origin. Austrian residents spent a further 40.5 million nights in Austrian accommodation.
Seasonality
When they visit
Austria has two high seasons. August was the busiest month for foreign guests in 2025, with 16.0 million overnight stays, followed by July (13.9 million), February (13.5 million) and January (13.0 million). November was the quietest month (3.5 million). In the 2024/25 tourism year, foreign guests spent 59.5 million nights in the summer season (May–October) and 55.8 million in the winter season (November–April).
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| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan | 13.0m |
| Feb | 13.5m |
| Mar | 10.0m |
| Apr | 5.7m |
| May | 5.2m |
| Jun | 9.3m |
| Jul | 13.9m |
| Aug | 16.0m |
| Sep | 8.7m |
| Oct | 6.2m |
| Nov | 3.5m |
| Dec | 11.2m |
Overnight stays by foreign guests in paid accommodation, by month, 2025. Monthly figures are the provisional results published each month and sum to 116.3 million, against the final annual total of 116.8 million. The timing of school and public holidays moves nights between months from year to year.
Accommodation
Hotels & occupancy
Austrian accommodation recorded 157.3 million overnight stays in 2025, the highest number since electronic records began in 1974, and guests from abroad accounted for 74.3% of them. The average stay of foreign guests was 3.5 nights. Bed occupancy covers all establishment types except campsites, including private rooms and holiday flats, so it runs well below hotel occupancy (about 45% in summer 2025).
Economic impact
Tourism in Austria's economy
Tourism generated €21.7 billion of gross value added directly in 2024, 4.4% of GDP and 8.8% more than in 2023. Including indirect effects, the share was 6.4%. Visitors spent €39.2 billion in Austria in 2024, of which €24.0 billion (61.2%) came from guests from abroad, day visitors included. These 2024 figures are provisional. Austria earns more from foreign visitors than its residents spend on travel abroad, so the travel balance is in surplus.
Tyrol is the most-visited state, with 46.0 million overnight stays by foreign guests in 2025 (39.4% of the national total), followed by Salzburg (24.1 million) and Vienna (16.7 million, +7.7%). Vienna passed 20 million overnight stays by all guests for the first time (20.1 million).
At a glance
Fast facts
- 27.7m Foreign guest arrivals Jan–Sep 2026 (+3.7%)
- 3.5 nights Avg. stay of foreign guests (2025)
- 74.3% Foreign share of all overnight stays (2025)
- 46.0m Foreign overnight stays in Tyrol, the top state (2025)
- 74.27m Overnight stays in winter 2025/26, a record (all guests)
- 20.1m Overnight stays in Vienna (2025)
Questions
Frequently asked questions
How many tourists visit Austria each year?
Guests from abroad made 33.5 million arrivals at Austrian paid accommodation in 2025 and spent 116.8 million nights there, 4.1% more arrivals and 2.4% more nights than in 2024. Both are above the 2019 levels of 31.9 million arrivals and 112.8 million nights. Arrivals in January–September 2026 were 3.7% higher (27.7 million, provisional). Austria has no border count, and arrivals count check-ins, so a visitor who stays in several places is counted more than once.
How much do tourists spend in Austria?
International visitors spent €25.9 billion in Austria in 2025, according to the balance-of-payments travel receipts, 6.6% more than in 2024 (provisional). Austrian residents spent €16.1 billion on travel abroad, leaving a travel surplus of €9.8 billion. A separate measure from the official tourism accounts, which covers tourists and business travellers including day visitors, put spending by guests from abroad at €24.0 billion in 2024.
Which country sends the most tourists to Austria?
Germany, with 58.6 million overnight stays and 15.3 million arrivals in 2025, half of all nights spent by foreign guests. The Netherlands follows with 11.3 million nights, then Switzerland and Liechtenstein (4.3 million), Czechia (4.0 million) and the United Kingdom (3.5 million).
Which part of Austria do tourists visit most?
Tyrol, with 46.0 million overnight stays by foreign guests in 2025, 39.4% of the national total. Salzburg (24.1 million) and Vienna (16.7 million) follow. Vienna recorded 20.1 million nights by all guests in 2025, its first year above 20 million.
When is Austria's peak tourist season?
Austria has a summer peak and a winter peak. August was the busiest month for foreign guests in 2025, with 16.0 million overnight stays, and January and February each had about 13 million. In the 2024/25 tourism year foreign guests spent 59.5 million nights in the summer season and 55.8 million in the winter season. The 2025/26 winter season set a record with 74.27 million nights by all guests.
How important is tourism to the Austrian economy?
Tourism directly generated €21.7 billion of value added in 2024, 4.4% of GDP, or 6.4% including indirect effects. It directly employed the equivalent of 176,600 full-time workers, 4.3% of total employment. These 2024 figures are provisional.
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Austria Tourism Statistics (2026). Visitors, spending and trends. Last reviewed 2 November 2026. https://www.globaltourismstatistics.com/austria
<a href="https://www.globaltourismstatistics.com/austria">Austria Tourism Statistics</a> Notes & sources
Methodology & sources
This page compiles publicly available official statistics; the sources for every figure are listed below. The main caveats:
- Calendar-year 2025 arrivals and overnight stays are Statistik Austria's final results (13 February 2026), which revised the preliminary total of 157.27 million nights (30 January 2026) to 157.29 million. January–September 2026 figures are provisional (28 October 2026). Travel receipts are from the travel balance of payments that Statistik Austria compiles for the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (6 May 2026); 2025 is provisional.
- Austria has no border count of visitors. The official measure counts guests at paid accommodation of all types, including private rooms, holiday flats and campsites, in the municipalities that record more than 1,000 nights a year. Each check-in is an arrival, so a visitor touring several places is counted several times. Unpaid stays with friends and relatives (about a quarter of all nights, by Statistik Austria's estimate) and day trips are not covered. "Foreign guests" are guests whose country of origin is outside Austria.
- Statistik Austria publishes results for the calendar year, for the tourism year (November to October) and for the winter (November to April) and summer (May to October) seasons. Headline figures on this page are calendar-year figures; season and capacity figures (beds, bed occupancy) refer to the 2024/25 tourism year, the 2025 summer season or the 2025/26 winter season, as labelled. Bed occupancy excludes campsites.
- Travel receipts in the balance of payments include spending by day-trippers, cross-border shoppers, commuters, seasonal workers and students, and exclude international passenger transport. The Tourism Satellite Account, compiled by Statistik Austria and WIFO, measures spending by tourists and business travellers, including day visitors, and is a different measure. Its 2024 figures are provisional, and its 2019–2022 figures were being revised when the 2024 results were published. Money figures are nominal (not inflation-adjusted).
- Austria publishes no official purpose-of-visit split for foreign guests and no national ranking of attractions by visitor numbers, so those sections are left out, and no estimates are given. The monthly series uses provisional monthly results, which add up to slightly less than the final annual total.
Primary sources
- Statistik Austria: Accommodation statistics (Beherbergungsstatistik) : Ankünfte und Nächtigungen nach Herkunftsland und Bundesland, Kalenderjahr 2025: arrivals and overnight stays in paid accommodation by country of origin and federal state, final results (table created 13 Feb 2026).
- Statistik Austria: Touristische Beherbergung und Nächtigungen 2025 (STATreport) : Annual report on accommodation supply and demand: tourism year 2024/25, winter season 2024/25, summer season 2025, beds, bed occupancy and top markets, published July 2026.
- Statistik Austria: Press release 14 100-019/26 : "Wieder Höchstwert: 157 Mio. Nächtigungen im Jahr 2025": preliminary calendar-year 2025 results by federal state and provincial capital, 30 Jan 2026 (superseded on totals by the final table of 13 Feb 2026).
- Statistik Austria: Accommodation statistics, annual tables 2019–2024 : Arrivals and overnight stays of guests from abroad: 2019 and 2020 from Tourismus in Österreich 2019 and 2020 (tables 6 and 7); 2021–2024 from the final calendar-year tables by country of origin; 2012–2025 summary table (created 13 Feb 2026).
- Statistik Austria: Monthly accommodation statistics press releases, 2025 : Overnight stays by guests from abroad for each month of 2025, provisional results from the monthly releases of 28 Feb 2025 to 30 Jan 2026.
- Statistik Austria: Accommodation statistics, provisional results : Ankünfte und Nächtigungen, Jänner bis September 2026, by federal state and by country of origin, provisional (created 28 Oct 2026); see also press release 14 305-224/26 of 28 Oct 2026.
- Statistik Austria: Accommodation statistics, winter season 2025/26 : Ankünfte und Nächtigungen nach Herkunftsland, Wintersaison 2025/26 (November 2025 to April 2026), final results (created 12 Jun 2026).
- Statistik Austria and Oesterreichische Nationalbank: Travel balance of payments (Reiseverkehrsbilanz) : Internationaler Reiseverkehr: Einnahmen und Ausgaben 2010 bis 2025, EUR million, compiled for the OeNB; 2025 provisional, 2023 and 2024 revised (created 6 May 2026).
- Statistik Austria and WIFO: Tourism Satellite Account for Austria : Press release 14 201-120/26 "Wertschöpfung des Tourismus 2024 erneut gestiegen", provisional 2024 results, 11 Jun 2026, and table "Die volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung des Tourismus in Österreich 2018–2024" (created 18 Jun 2026).
- Statistik Austria and WIFO: Tourism Satellite Account, economic impact table : Direct and indirect value added, direct employment in full-time equivalents, 2018–2024 (created 18 Jun 2026).