Vienna Tourist Board registers growth of visitors from the GCC in the winter months Vienna Tourist Board registers growth of visitors from the GCC in the winter months

Tourists from the GCC region are continuing to travel to Vienna in increasing numbers, with 2015 already proving to be another record-breaking year for arrivals and overnights in Austria’s capital city.

Between January and October 2015, overnights from the UAE have increased 48.2% compared to 2014, recording 110,663 so far.

Recent figures from the Vienna tourism board also show arrivals have seen a similar growth, with 50,891 from the UAE, up by 44.8% when compared with the previous year.

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Saudi Arabia also recorded a 20.4% growth in overnights in the city, and arrivals increased by 19.4%.

More than 80% of visitors to Vienna are coming from outside the country’s borders.

In total 13.5 million overnight stays were reported in 2014, the largest markets were German, Austrian, USA, Italy and Russia; guests from the GCC made up for approximately 295,000 overnight stays.