Tourism

Lake Constance is a tourist region that encompasses parts of four national states. Boasting a history of over 100 years, tourism is an important economic factor for the region.

In 2023, the Lake Constance region recorded almost 22 million overnight stays in 2022, an increase of eight percent compared to the previous year. This was the first time the level of 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic was exceeded.

Of these, there were:

• 38 percent registered in the German districts,
• 24 percent in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg,
• 38 percent in the Swiss cantons,
• 1 percent in the Principality of Liechtenstein.

On average, in 2023 the guests spent 2.4 days in their hotels. However, these numbers vary among the different parts of the Lake Constance region. With an average stay of 3 days, the hotels in the Austrian part of the region recorded the longest lenght of stay, followed by the hotels in the German part of the region, where tourists stayed 2.6 days. Visitors to the Principality of Liechtenstein (1.8 days) and to the Swiss cantons (1.8 days) stayed shortest in their hotels.