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Facts and Figures - Tourism know-how & Infrastructure

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Based on some selected data, find out here about the importance of the industry: tourism know-how and infrastructure
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  • 24.3

    billion euros in income

    In 2024, the income from foreign visitors to Austria, including income from passenger transport, was more than EUR 24.3 billion.

  • 54.6

    million overnight stays in 5-/4-star hotels

    The most overnight stays are posted by 5-/4-star hotels; in 2024, the figure was 54.6 million.

  • 1,116

    cableway facilities

    In Austria, more than 250 cableway companies operate more than 1,100 facilities, from chair lifts to gondola lifts.

  • 39,300

    employees

    More than 39,300 people were employed in Austria in the areas of transport, travel agents and tour operators alone in 2022; in tourism, the figure was a total of approx. 203,500.

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Source: ABA Invest in Austria; Statistics Austria
Tourism know-how/training
Tourism courses at universities approx. 6
Tourism courses at universities of applied sciences approx. 40
Tourism colleges 26
Private university in the tourism sector 1
Apprentices in tourism professions in the dual training system approx. 7.300
Source: WKÖ, Professional Association of Austrian Cable Cars (FSÖ)
Key figures on the infrastructure in the area of cableways / mountain railways – Winter 2023/2024
Cableway companies 253
Drag lift companies 550
Cableway facilities 1,116
Drag lifts approx. 1,420
Skiable area 23,700 ha
Investments (safety/quality of the facilities,
production of snow on the ski slopes etc.)
approx. EUR 400 million

 

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Last update : 02. June 2025
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