Million aids: This is how the government supports small tourism companies!
Million aids: This is how the government supports small tourism companies!
Österreich - The Austrian government announced auxiliary packages for business donations in the tourism sector on June 3, 2025, which will include three million euros from federal and EU budgets by 2027. This initiative is particularly aimed at small and medium -sized companies (SMEs) in communities with fewer than 30,000 inhabitants. This reported orf.at .
In this context,Tourismus Secretary Elisabeth Zehetner (ÖVP) spoke of the special importance of tourism companies that are considered the economic and social backbone in rural areas. They not only secure jobs, but also receive local supply and offer gastronomic infrastructure.
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A structured handover process should also create clarity, planning security and investment requirements. SMEs can be supported for individual operations with a flat rate of up to 8,000 euros. According to forecasts, there are even up to 8,000 handover in this sector by 2029. Against this background, SME research Austria expects around 7,900 transfer of operations in the area of accommodation and gastronomy until 2029.
It is particularly noteworthy that about 15 percent of all business transfers in Austria by 2029 are omitted to the core sorch tourist industries and gastronomy. This number underlines the urgency of support options for tourist SMEs. Such measures are not only available at the federal level, but also in the respective federal states.support offers
The support offers available for tourist SMEs include numerous initiatives from both the federal government and individual federal states:
- BUND: Federal Ministry of Economics, Energy and Tourism, Austrian Hotel and Tourism Bank, and Economic Recovery Program Fund.
- Burgenland: Economic Agency Burgenland offers young entrepreneurship.
- Carinthia: Support from the Chamber of Commerce Carinthia and the Carinthian Business Development Fund.
- Lower Austria: participations and guarantees by Lower Austria Bürgschafts und Beteiligungen GmbH.
- Upper Austria: gastro funding by the state of Upper Austria.
- Salzburg: promotion of start -ups and takeover.
- Styria: Project cost grants from the Styrian tourism promotion fund.
- tirol: advisory promotion for tourist companies.
- Vorarlberg: various funding measures for young entrepreneurs.
- Vienna: Common credit of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce with funded loans.
These distinctions show the broad support that is planned for business transfers in the tourism sector. According to bmwet.gv.at there are extensive information offers from the ÖSTERNICH Chamber and the Austrian hotelier association to accompany SME during this transition.
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