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Austria

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)
  • 80% 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

Measure2018
International tourism expenditure (US$bn)12.0
Global rank for international tourism expenditure29
Number of outbound visits (m)15.8
Most visited destinationItaly

Key demographic and economic data

Measure2018
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)

visitbritain_marketprofile_austria.pdf

Austria Market Snapshot (PDF, 157KB)

austria_fact_sheet_july_2019.pdf

Find out where visitors from Austria reside in their own country (Excel, 212KB, Published 2013)

annual_states_of_residence_2018_for_web.xlsx

More resources

Read about the preferences of Europeans towards tourism (PDF, 1.65MB, Published March 2015)

2015-3 Preferences of Europeans towards tourism_17.pdf

Exchange rate

1 GBP = 1.172 EUR

As of 27 February 2020

Retrieved from the Bank of England

Inbound visits to Britain from Austria

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What Austrians think about Britain

  • Austrians strongly associate Britain with heritage and culture
  • Just over one-in-three associate Britain with scenic natural beauty, but twice this number associate the attribute with Australia and Ireland
  • Very few Austrians consider Britain as a 'relaxing' or 'romantic' destination
  • 94% of Austrians feel either 'Very welcome' or 'welcome' in Britain (2017)
  • Britain is perceived to be only marginally more expensive for a week long holiday than is France

Caring for visitors

  • Austrians like to plan in advance and detailed information on all activities planned is very important
  • Especially when on a touring holiday Austrians are usually looking for accommodation with character rather than standard anonymous hotel rooms
  • The environment and sustainability issues are very important to many Austrians and this may influence their choice of accommodation
  • Austrians tend to eat breakfast early and are not used to having the option of a cooked breakfast
  • Organic food is very popular and Austrians appreciate having this option when on holiday

 

The leisure & travel trade

  • Austria still has a fairly traditional trade structure and travel agencies (either owned by the major tourism groups or independent) play a fairly strong role
  • The large tour operators research their main season programmes between April and June. Some may visit Britain during this time to contract accommodation and visit new attractions/regions/ products to be included
  • The vast majority of trade is based in Vienna

Access to Britain from Austria

Measure2018
Weekly aircraft departures167
Weekly seat capacity28,054
Airports with direct routes in Austria6
Airports with direct routes in Britain15
  • Virtually all visits to Britain are by air
  • Seat capacity has increased over recent years - capacity is highly seasonal due to outbound winter sports travel from Britain to Austria
  • The majority of seat capacity serves the Vienna to Heathrow corridor
  • Those who fly back to Austria from Britain pay £13 in Air Passenger Duty if flying economy
    (2018 data)

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