Mittwoch, 3. Februar 2010


Press Review

I read an article the other day on the online version of „austriantimes.at“ and it talks about the overnight stays of vienna.

Basically what it says is that Vienna had its second best year for overnight stays in 2009. It is also mentioned that there were 9.8 million overnight stays last year, which was 3.8 per cent down the year 2008.
The city tourism director Norbert Kettner said that the turnover of the city hotel industry had fallen and last year the hoteliers lowerd their prices because of recession.
The Vienna tourism office will spend 14 million Euros in 24 markets this year and will also make a 1.3-million Euro agreement with Austrian Airlines.

I think it is good that the overnight stays in Austria rise because in Vienna there a lot of interesting sights.

Vocabulary:
turnover (Umsatz) = This is everything a company saled.
hotelier (Hotelbesitzer) = The person who owns a hotel.
recession (Rückgang) = If a company sales less than last year, it’s a recession.
you can see the full article here: