In 2012, Vienna was once again confirmed, now for the seventh time in a row, as the number one conference city by the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). With 181 international meetings in 2012 and 12.3 million overnight stays, Vienna's tourism is definitely on the rise.

Vienna recorded 12.3 million overnight stays in 2012, up 7.5% on 2011.

In 2012 Vienna's top ten tourism markets included Germany, with 2,399,000 overnight stays (+1%) in first place, followed by Austria (2,241,000 overnight stays, +7%), Italy (643,000, -2%), Russia (634,000, +22%) and the USA (618,000, +10%).

 In sixth to tenth place were the UK (429,000, +9%), Switzerland (384,000, +11%), Spain (379,000, - 2%), France (368,000, +7%) and Japan (309,000, +12%).

Vienna also saw strong year-on-year growth from China (198,000 overnight stays, +40%), Turkey (129,000, +25%), Brazil (111,000, +39%), Saudi Arabia (74,000, +63%), the United Arab Emirates (71,000, +14%) and other Middle Eastern countries (101,000, +13%).

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