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Austria Increasingly Popular for Arab Tourists

Companies › Retail & Consumer ♦ Published: January 25, 2012; 18:49 ♦ (Vindobona)

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In 2011, Austria registered 580,600 guest nights by Arab tourists. Hence, Austria exceeded Switzerland as touristic destination.

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Over the last ten years, visitors from Saudi-Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates have multiplied. In the first eleven months of 2011, tourist number from Arab countries were up by 29%. In that period, 508,600 guest nights were registered. In total, 153,600 Arab tourists chose Austria as destination in the first eleven months of last year. For the whole year, a figure of…