Austria
Visitor characteristics
- Business visitors are more than four 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
- 79% visitors are Austrian nationals
- 91% of departing visitors say they are either ‘very’ or ‘extremely’ likely to recommend Britain for a holiday or short-break
Visitor activities
Sightseeing of Famous Buildings/ Monuments
Visited a Pub
Went Shopping
Global context
| Measure | 2017 |
|---|---|
| International tourism expenditure (US$bn) | 10.5 |
| Global rank for international tourism expenditure | 30 |
| Number of outbound visits (m) | 14.6 |
| Most visited destination | Italy |
Key demographic and economic data
| Measure | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Population (m) | 8.7 |
| GDP per capita PPP (US$) | 46,355 |
| Annual average GDP growth over past decade (%) | 1.1 |
| Annual average GDP growth over the past year (%) | 2.9 |
Resources
Austria market profile
Austria market snapshot
Read about the preferences of Europeans towards tourism. Published March 2015
More resources
Find out where visitors from Austria reside in their own country. Published 2013
Exchange rate
1 GBP = 1.1201 EUR
As of 7 December 2018
Retrieved from the Bank of England
