In 2023, according to preliminary results from Statistics Austria, Austria achieved 151,14 million overnight stays and 45,20 million arrivals in all accommodation establishments. Despite higher prices, overnight stays were only just below the 2019 peak. The strongest increase compared to the previous year was achieved by the federal capital Vienna. With 57,43 million overnight stays and an increase of 7,5 percent over the previous year, German guests continued to be one of the most important and stable source markets for Austria, followed by the Netherlands with an increase of 11,2 percent over the previous year. It is interesting to note that overnight stays are distributed across all accommodation categories with growth rates, with the holiday apartment sector recording the strongest growth. Almost 28 percent of all overnight stays in Austria are now in holiday apartments, private quarters and farm holidays, and the trend is rising. "The annual figures for 2023 show very encouragingly: Austrian tourism continued to grow in 2023 and is only around one percent behind the overnight stay figures of the record year 2019. Domestic demand has returned to its old strength and confirms that Austrian guests consider holidays in Austria as a fixed point in their holiday planning. Foreign demand also increased by 13,5 percent and, with a share of 74 percent of foreign guests, is as international as it was before the pandemic. The desire to travel is therefore unbroken despite challenges such as inflation, short-termism and price sensitivity. This is also a confirmation of the very good price-performance offer in all price and offer categories in Austria," said State Secretary for Tourism Susanne Kraus-Winkler. In the first third of the 2023/24 winter season, total overnight stays also increased by 5,6 percent compared to the previous year, with foreign guests increasing by 6,1 percent.