Austria
Visitor characteristics
- Business visitors are more than three times more likely to be male than female
- 62% of holiday, 91% of visiting friends and relations (VFR) and virtually all business visitors are making a repeat visit to Britain (excluding British expats, within ten years)
- 79% visitors are Austrian nationals
- 93% of departing visitors (excluding British expats) say they are either ‘likely’ or ‘extremely likely' to recommend a visit to Britain
Popular activities
Sightseeing of Famous Buildings/ Monuments
Visited a Pub
Went Shopping
Global context
| Measure | 2017 |
|---|---|
| International tourism expenditure (US$bn) | 10.7 |
| Global rank for international tourism expenditure | 29 |
| Number of outbound visits (m) | 15.0 |
| Most visited destination | Italy |
Key demographic and economic data
| Measure | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Population (m) | 8.9 |
| GDP per capita PPP (US$) | 45,655 |
| Annual average GDP growth over past decade (%) | 0.6 |
| Annual average GDP growth over the past year (%) | 2.7 |
Resources
Austria Market Profile (PDF, 996KB)
Austria Market Snapshot (PDF, 480KB)
Find out where visitors from Austria reside in their own country (Excel, 172KB, Published 2013)
More resources
Read about the preferences of Europeans towards tourism (PDF, 1.65MB, Published March 2015)
Exchange rate
1 GBP = 1.1253 EUR
As of 13 June 2019
Retrieved from the Bank of England
