Nearly Three Quarter Less Overnight Stays in Vienna Compared to July 2019
This July, the number of overnight stays in the city of Vienna decreased by 73.3% compared to July 2019. The major reason is the Coronavirus lockdown and the travel restrictions implemented by other countries.
This year the number of tourists visiting the capital city and the city of Fiakers dropped dramatically. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / böhringer friedrich [CC BY-SA 2.5]
The total number of overnight stays in Vienna came up to 443,000 in July 2020. This is a decline of 73.3% compared to the previous July. However, it recovered slightly compared to June 2020 when the stays dropped by 88% contrasted to the previous year.
In the timeframe of January to June, the stays experienced a decline of 66,4% and fell back to 3.2 million people visiting Vienna. This had a significant impact on the turnover of the accommodation facilities. The turnover in the first half of the year was 142.3 million Euros which is a downturn of 68.7%.
The number of tourists from the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) had the least decrease in stays.
About 155,000 German tourists came and stayed overnight this July to visit Vienna which is half of the tourists from July 2019. Austrian tourists made up 140,000 stays which is a downturn of 40%. 21,000 tourists came from Switzerland and the decrease is therefore 42%.
The bed occupancy in July came up to 28.2%. The room occupancy was higher with 36.5%.
Looking at the average occupancies from January to June, the numbers show a better situation. The average bed occupancy was amounted 58.7% and the room occupancy was nearly 76%.
The net turnover in June (the data for July 2020 is not available yet) experienced a significant drop by 90.4%.
The current situation is due to the Coronavirus lockdown and the strict travel regulations from other countries which also partly include travel warnings to Austria.