The Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) developed by Statistics Austria and WIFO for Austria has as its main categories "tourism-specific", "tourism-related" and "non-tourism specific" production industries, which in turn produce "tourism-specific", "tourism-related" and "non-tourism specific" goods...

The lack of snow in the winter of 1989/90 has resulted in a disappointing performance of the tourism sector. The number of overnight stays dropped by more than 3 percent compared to the previous winter season; receipts from foreign tourists (adjusted for price changes) stagnated. Hungarian...

Die Reiseverkehrsbilanz lieferte bis Anfang der neunziger Jahre wesentliche Beiträge zum Leistungsbilanzausgleich. Seither wirken sich die Strukturdefizite der österreichischen Tourismuswirtschaft sowie die großteils wechselkursbedingte Abnahme der preisbestimmten Wettbewerbsfähigkeit...

For the period of 2006-2015, revenues from international tourism in Austria are set to grow by 2.3 percent per year. A hypothetical calculation demonstrates that future tourism export growth rates could be accelerated by one percentage point per year if the share of overnight stays contributed...

During the last economic boom period, more than half of Austria's hotels and restaurants laboured under staff shortages, and only 31 percent felt unaffected by any personnel deficit. The key factors determining recruiting problems were the growth rate and size of an operation and the share of...

As of the late winter season of 2009 it has become obvious that the Austrian tourism industry can no longer escape the effects of the slowdown in international demand. Consequent to lagging adjustments to negative income and labour market expectations, the steep decline in tourism demand is...

Gambling comprises a variety of games, ranging from various forms of lotteries and sports betting to gambling in casinos. In Austria, gross output of the gambling sector amounted to ATS 12.3 billion in 1995, about 3 percent of total spending on leisure activities in Austria. Gross output of...