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| Because of Vienna’s historic and cultural
prominence (political and economic centre of the Danube Monarchy)
and due to its wealth of landmarks, Vienna’s tourism is particularly
important. Already in 1883, 200,000 visitors were counted. After the
Second World War, Vienna expanded into the centre of Austria’s
tourism with its unique cultural features. In 1995, 6064 businesses
were active in the catering industry. In 1995, 340 accommodation
establishments (thereof 13 5-star-hotels) provided 20,796 rooms with
41,144 guest beds. The number of foreigners staying overnight
amounted to 6,111,568 and of natives 938,142 in 1995. With the fall
of the Iron Curtain, there was a sudden rise in tourism from the
eastern neighbouring states. The number of these primarily day
trippers is not reflected in the figures of overnight stays. Typical
for city tourism is the short average duration of stay of 2.5 days;
in the summer season the bed capacity is working to 52.2%. |
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| 14.000 keywords and 2000 images from
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| Major tourist attractions include the imperial
palaces of the Hofburg and Schönbrunn (also home to the world's
oldest zoo, Tiergarten Schönbrunn) and the Riesenrad in the Prater.
Cultural highlights include the Burgtheater, the Wiener Staatsoper,
the Lipizzaner horses at the spanische Hofreitschule and the Vienna
Boys' Choir, as well as excursions to Vienna's Heuriger districts. |
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| There are also more than 100 art museums, which together attract
over eight million visitors per year. The most popular ones are
Albertina, Belvedere, Leopold Museum in the Museumsquartier,
KunstHausWien, BA-CA Kunstforum, the twin Kunsthistorisches Museum
and Naturhistorisches Museum, and the Technisches Museum Wien, each
of which receives over a quarter of a million visitors per year. |
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There are many popular sites associated with composers who lived in
Vienna including Beethoven's various residences and grave at
Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery) which is the largest cemetery in
Vienna and the burial site of many famous people. Mozart has a
memorial grave at the Hapsburg gardens and at St. Marx cemetery (where
his grave was lost). Vienna's many churches also draw large crowds,
the most famous of which are St. Stephen's Cathedral, the
Deutschordenskirche, the Jesuitenkirche, the Karlskirche, the
Peterskirche, Maria am Gestade, the Minoritenkirche, the
Ruprechtskirche, the Schottenkirche and the Votivkirche.
Modern attractions include the Hundertwasserhaus, the United Nations
headquarters and the view from the Donauturm. |
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