As part of the accommodation statistics and based on the “Tourism Statistics Ordinance”, the monthly arrivals and overnight stays of guests from Austria and abroad are reported to the respective municipality by commercial and private accommodation establishments. These municipalities report the arrivals and overnight stays – categorised by type of accommodation and country of origin – to Statistics Austria. In principle, only municipalities with at least 1 000 overnight stays over a period of several years are obliged to report.
The results are published approximately 25 days after the end of the reporting period. Final data are available approximately one month after that. These results do not include visitors staying with friends and relatives free of charge, which account for roughly one quarter of the total overnight stays.