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Vienna Tourism in figures

Further figures can be found in a detailed statistics report on the tourism destination Vienna.

THE VIENNA METHOD OF PICTORIAL STATISTICS REINTERPRETED

The Vienna Tourist Board offers Vienna’s academia a platform and has reinterpreted isotypes for its own statistics. The present infographics are based on a visual language developed by Otto Neurath in the early 20th century to illustrate statistics using signs and symbols. It is used to this day for road signs and guide systems (subways, airports). Otto Neurath (1882, Vienna – 1945, Oxford) was an Austrian scientist who achieved considerable fame, particularly outside Austria; according to US American historian William M. Johnston he was “one of the most neglected 20th century geniuses.” In 1924/25, he founded the Austrian Museum for Social and Economic Affairs in Vienna, which he set up as a popular education institute for social enlightenment. It was at that time that he developed the “Vienna Method of Pictorial Statistics” which is considered the precursor to the infographics so widespread today and which was used both nationally and internationally in magazines and exhibitions. In 1932, on the initiative of Otto Neurath the “Mundaneum Institute” and the “International Foundation for Visual Education” were established in The Hague. He changed the name of the “Vienna Method of Pictorial Statistics” to the “International System of Typographic Picture Education” (Isotype) with which he achieved significant success above all in the USA. During the Second World War, Neurath had to flee to Britain, where he was initially placed in an internment camp. Thanks to the intercession of various individuals, among others Albert Einstein, he was finally freed and subsequently taught Logical Empiricism and Social Sciences at Oxford University.

Tourism in Vienna means:

3.67 BILLION EUROS VALUE ADDED

  • Vienna's share of gross regional product: 4.2%
  • Vienna’s share of tourism value added in Austria: 11.3%

90,000 JOBS IN VIENNA

  • Around 90,000 jobs in the tourism & leisure industry according to the Vienna Economic Chamber
  • Approximately 14,000 enterprises involved in the industry

TOP INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Air connections: In 2018 there were 205 direct flights by 74 airlines from 71 countries
  • Very good train and bus connections
  • New long-distance bus terminal in the planning stage
  • 400 wifi hotspots
  • 1,500 city bikes with 120 docking stations

CULTURAL DIVERSITY

  • Vienna has more than 100 museums and as many galleries of contemporary art
  • MuseumsQuartier: one of the ten biggest cultural areas in the world (total area of 87,800 m²)
  • Around 120 stages (music & theater)
  • More than 15,000 concert events held every year
  • 2,000 hours of dancing pleasure each year at 450 balls during Vienna’s ball season
  • Taken as a whole, cultural offerings comparable to those available in a city with four times the population of Vienna

WIDE VARIETY OF RESTAURANTS

  • Vienna is the only city in the world to give its name to a unique style of food
  • Around 8,200 outlets – from restaurant to coffee house
  • Around 2,400 coffee houses of all kinds – from the traditional café to the Espresso bar
  • Around 3,500 sidewalk cafés
  • 100 heuriger and inns with homemade wine
  • Around 30 registered Christmas markets and market-style Christmas events
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