Vienna cheers: 15% more overnight stays in April 2025!

Vienna cheers: 15% more overnight stays in April 2025!

On Thursday, the latest key figures for Vienna Tourism were published, which show a remarkable increase in overnight stays in April 2025. A total of 5.4 million guests were recorded, which represents an impressive plus of 15 percent compared to April 2024. These positive developments are apparently also due to the late Easter, which many travelers moved to the city.

It should be emphasized that 1.8 million of the 5.4 million overnight stays alone took place in Vienna's hotels and pensions. The statistics also point out that Vienna has recorded around 5.36 million overnight stays in the previous course of the year, which corresponds to an increase of nine percent compared to the same period last year

origin of the guests

The origin of the guests from the top-zehn markets shows interesting trends and growth in different countries:

• Austria: 301,000 overnight stays (plus 3 percent)
• Germany: 367,000 overnight stays (plus 19 percent)
• Italy: 105,000 overnight stays (plus 1 percent)
• USA: 102,000 overnight stays (plus 32 percent)
• Great Britain: 68,000 overnight stays (plus 3 percent)
• Spain: 49,000 overnight stays (plus 33 percent)
• France: 51,000 overnight stays (plus 1 percent)
• Poland: 34,000 overnight stays (minus 7 percent)
• Switzerland: 50,000 overnight stays (plus 1 percent)
• Ukraine: 26,000 overnight stays (plus 43 percent)

The average hotel room utilization recorded in April 2025 was around 77 percent, an increase compared to 72 percent in 2024.

annual course and sales figures

From January to April 2025, the room utilization was stable at around 59 percent (2024: 59 percent), while the bed utilization was 45.4 percent (2024: 45.1 percent). In addition, April 2025 recorded an increase to 80,700 hotel beds, which corresponds to an increase of 5,700 beds or 7.5 percent compared to the same month.

The economic key figures are also gratifying: the net supper turnover was a total of 87.201,000 euros in March 2025, which corresponds to an increase of 2 percent compared to March 2024. For the first three months of this year, the companies were able to generate overnight sales of around 226 million euros, which corresponds to an increase of seven percent compared to the same period last year

The data about tourism in Vienna are based on the accommodation statistics of the municipality of Vienna . This primary statistics include both the monthly overnight statistics, the arrivals and overnight stays of the guests and their country of origin, as well as the annual inventory statistics, which prepares information about the available guest rooms and beds.

Overall, the analysis shows that Vienna is still a popular travel destination that gains in the international competition on soil and is characterized by a positive development in the tourism sector. The developments of the past few months could reflect basic trends in travel behavior.