Moderate Growth in Tourism Sector

CompaniesRetail & Consumer ♦ Published: March 26, 2012; 15:03 ♦ (Vindobona)

Current Austrian tourism winter season 2011/12: +4.6% more overnights due to rise in February (+11.7%).

Moderate Growth in Tourism Sector / Picture: © Vindobona.org

According to Statistics Austria's latest preliminary data, in the first four months of the winter season 2011/12 (November to February) 44.62 million overnights were registered. This means an increase of 4.6% compared to the same period last year. This positive result was mainly caused by a rise of 11.7% to 16.59 million overnights in February, the most important month of the winter…