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Annual industry report2024

The Vienna Convention Bureau (VCB), an operating division of the Vienna Tourist Board (Wiener Tourismusverband), publishes annual meeting statistics for all certified congresses and corporate events held within the city of Vienna. For 2024, Vienna recorded 6,619 total meetings—a 3% year-on-year increase—comprising 2,193 congresses (781 international, up 7%; 1,412 domestic) and 4,426 corporate events (2,155 international, up 10%; 2,271 domestic). Total participants reached 671,000 (6% increase), generating 1,999,000 overnight stays—a 26% year-on-year increase—with congress visitors averaging 2.98 bed nights per stay. Vienna ranked 1st worldwide in the ICCA 2024 Worldwide City Rankings, a benchmark cited in the VCB's own statistical release. The Vienna Tourist Board's commissioned economic model estimates a total induced economic impact of approximately EUR 1.32 billion (all-time high), EUR 365 million in tax revenues, and 23,500 full-year equivalent jobs supported; these figures are model-based estimates and are not included in key statistics. Data covers all certified congresses and corporate meetings within the city of Vienna for the full year 2024; trade exhibition statistics for Vienna and Austria are published separately and are not included in this report.

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