Tourism in Vienna continues to recover. Around 1,2 million overnight stays were recorded last May, as the Vienna Tourist Board announced on Wednesday. That is around three quarters of the number of overnight stays in May 2019.

However, the comparison to the previous year is not very meaningful due to the pandemic. The calculated plus of 660 percent results from the fact that in May 2021 the hotels were closed to leisure guests until the middle of the month. Last month, the top performing markets included Austria, Germany, US, Italy, Ukraine, UK and Spain.

Over the course of the year, Vienna has recorded 3,7 million overnight stays. The net overnight turnover of Viennese accommodation providers in April – data for May are not yet available – was 58,74 million euros. According to the Vienna Tourist Board, the companies have been able to generate 134,8 million euros since the beginning of the year. The average occupancy of hotel beds in May was 50,6 percent.