Last updated: October 21, 2022, by Grant Thomas
🔖Cite this webpage (Thomas, Grant. “Latest Austria Travel Statistics & Data”. visasassociation.com, October 21, 2022, https://visasassociation.com/statistics/austria-travel-statistics)
Note: The latest Schengen Visa and travel statistics available about Austria are for 2021. We will update this page as soon as 2022 travel data and statistics on Austria are available.
Highlights: Latest Statistics on Travel and Tourism in Austria
- In 2021, the number of Schengen Visa applications for Austria dropped by 0.9% compared to 2020.
- In 2021, the number of Schengen Visa applications for Austria dropped by 86% compared to the pre-pandemic 2019 levels.
- In 2021, the approval rate for the Schengen Visa for Austria was 90.1%.
- In 2021, Austria recorded a drop of 34.6% in arrivals at tourist accommodation establishments compared to 2020.
- In 2021, Austria recorded a drop of 36.6% in overnight stays at tourist accommodation establishments compared to 2020.
- In 2021, Austria recorded a drop of 18.5% in the number of overnight stays compared to 2020.
- Nights spent in Austria in 2021 were 73.1 million below the pre-pandemic level.
- In 2021, the number of nights spent by international guests fell by 55.7% compared to 2019.
Tourism in Austria remains far below pre-pandemic levels
Despite the ease of travel restrictions and the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, the effects of the pandemic continued to have a strong impact on the tourism industry in Austria in 2021.
This means that the number of nights spent dropped by 18.32 million compared to 2020 and fell back to the 1970 levels.
The decline of Austrian tourism in 2021 is mostly attributed to closures in the first four months of the year and the month of November.
However, an increase in the number of nights spent in December 2021 has provided some relief to the country.
During the winter season, Austria recorded an increase of 5.37 million in the number of nights spent by domestic and international visitors. That’s eight times more compared to the same month in 2020 when the country was under strict lockdown.
Despite the significant increase in the number of nights spent in December 2021, the numbers achieved remained far below the pre-crisis level.
Compared to December 2019, the number of nights spent by domestic and international guests in Austria at the end of 2021 was almost half lower (-46.2%).
- In 2021, Austria received 4,511 or 89% fewer Schengen Visa applications from China compared to 2020.
- In 2021, Austria received 99.4% fewer Schengen Visa applications from China compared to 2019.
- In 2021, Austria received 9,650 Schengen Visa applications from Russia which represents 21.6% of the total number of applications.
- In 2021, Austria recorded 79,56 million international and domestic overnight stays, a drop of 18,32 million or 18.5% compared to 2020.
- In 2021, Austria recorded 22,14 million international and domestic tourist arrivals, a drop of 2,89 million or 11.5% compared to 2020.
- In 2021, the nights spent by visitors from Germany, the most important source for Austria, fell by 24.6% compared to 2020.
- In 2021, German visitors spent 24.6 million fewer nights (-43.4%) in Austria than in 2019.
- In 2021, resident visitors spent 1.99 million or 6.3% fewer nights in Austria compared to 2020.
- In 2021, the nights spent by visitors from the Netherlands in Austria fell by 41.4%.
- In 2021, Austria recorded 71.6% fewer nights spent in Vienna compared to 2020.
- Vienna recorded the highest decrease in the number of nights spent by resident visitors in 2021 compared to 2019 (-54.2%).
- Carinthia recorded the lowest decrease in the number of nights spent by resident visitors in 2021 compared to 2019 (-1.7%).
- In 2021, the number of nights spent by international guests in Vienna fell by 75.3% compared to 2019.
- In 2021, the number of nights spent in 1 and 2-star accommodation establishments in Austria dropped by 23% compared to 2020.
- In 2021, the number of nights spent in 3-star accommodation establishments in Austria dropped by 19.8% compared to 2020.
- In 2021, the number of nights spent in 4 and 5-star accommodation establishments in Austria dropped by 13% compared to 2020.
- In 2021, the total contribution of travel and tourism to the GDP in Austria was 28.8 billion euros, a drop of 34% compared to 2019.
- In 2021, the travel and tourism industry in Austria generated nearly 463 thousand jobs.
- In 2021, Austria recorded the highest tourism intensity since 2015 (65.6%).
- International tourism receipts in Austria amounted to 10.4 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, a drop of 22% compared to 2020.
- In 2021, the markets that generated the highest international tourism receipts for Austria were Germany (4,714 million euros) and Switzerland (546 million euros).Â
- In 2021, Austria generated 22% fewer travel receipts from Germany compared to 2020.
- In 2021, international tourism expenditure in Austria amounted to 6,245 million euros, an increase of 2,329 million euros (37%) compared to 2020.
- In 2021, Austria generated 57% of the total international tourism expenditure during the third quarter of the year.
- In 2021, Austria ranked no. 13 for the number of Schengen Visa applications received.
- In 2021, the average length of stay for trips to Austria taken by residents was 3.2 nights.
- In 2021, the average length of stay for trips to Austria taken by non-residents was 3.9 nights.
- In 2021, the direct value added of tourism in Austria amounted to 12.31 billion euros, a drop of 43% compared to 2019.
Schengen Visa Applications & Tourism in Austria – Latest Trends
Austria’s Schengen Visa approval rate from 2015 to 2021
Countries that submitted the highest number of Schengen Visa applications for Austria from 2015 to 2021
Total number of international and domestic overnight stays in Austria from 2015 to 2021
International and domestic overnight stays in Austria from 2015 to 2021
International and domestic tourist arrivals in Austria from 2015 to 2021
International tourism expenditure in Austria from 2015 to 2021
Travel intensity in Austria from 2015 to 2021
International tourism receipts in Austria from 2015 to 2021
Top 5 countries that submitted the highest number of Schengen Visa applications for Austria in 2021
Approval rates for the countries that submitted the highest number of Schengen Visa applications for Austria in 2021
Top 5 third countries that had the lowest rejection rates for the Schengen Visa for Austria in 2021
Top 5 third countries that had the highest rejection rates for the Schengen Visa for Austria in 2021
Sources:
European Commission – Statistics on short-stay visas issued by the Schengen States
Statista – Travel and tourism in Austria – statistics & facts