OTS - Meetings in Vienna: Over a billion euros in value-added again in 2017
2018. April 17. 11:39
Vienna, 17 April, 2018 (APA/OTS) - Vienna's meetings industry
recorded more delegates and bednights than ever before in 2017. The
value-added generated by meetings has increased by more than
three-quarters in the past 10 years.
In 2017 - as in the previous year - Vienna hosted over 4,000
congresses, corporate events and incentives. These were attended by
611,000 participants (+8% on 2016), resulting in 1,874,000
bednights (+9%). The nationwide value-added generated by the Vienna
meetings industry has increased by around 78% since 2008,
contributing 1.163 billion euros (+8%) to the Austrian gross
domestic product in 2017. The lion's share of this - 79% - was
attributable to international congresses. Meetings, congresses and
incentives in Vienna secured 21,000 year-round jobs throughout
Austria. Overall the Austrian federal capital recorded around 15.5
million bednights in 2017 (+3.7% - another record), 12% of which
were attributable to the meetings industry.
"Vienna scores as an easily accessible central European hub, a
multifaceted hotel sector, and top meeting venues," explains
Director of Tourism Norbert Kettner. "This is appreciated by the
organizers of major congresses that have remained true to Vienna:
for example, the annual 'European Congress of Radiology' with over
20,000 delegates will be held in Vienna till 2025 and the 'European
Geosciences Union's' annual general meeting until 2024." Many small
to medium-sized meetings are expected to be organized in Vienna in
the second half of 2018, when Austria takes over the presidency of
the Council of the European Union. Vienna can now be reached by
direct flights from almost 200 destinations worldwide and currently
offers around 66,000 hotel beds. The Vienna Tourist Board's Vienna
Convention Bureau is supported by the City of Vienna and the Vienna
Economic Chamber.
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Further information:
Vienna Tourist Board
Isabella Rauter
Tel.: +43/1/211 14-301
E-mail: media.rel@vienna.info
www.vienna.convention.at
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