tourism brochure - Business Upper Austria

Upper Austria
the hotel location of the future
Upper Austria has a great deal to offer.
And you can enjoy its benefits!
The idyllic, World and Natural Heritage town of Hallstättersee in the Salzkammergut region
Upper Austria
is quality of life
Upper Austria is a strong economic location that offers ideal framework conditions for companies and investors,
as well as outstanding quality of life to both its population and guests. The local people are characterized by
high levels of creativity, diligence and productivity, while the region itself possesses an unspoiled environment
and acts as a central European transport hub.
Important, additional advantages are provided by the close German and eastern European home markets from
which the guests originate, well-known tourism destination brands (e.g. the Salzkammergut), resources and
competences in the health and wellness segment, and the possibilities for activities in nature throughout the year
(e.g. winter sports, walking and other types of outdoor exercise, riding, cycling, golf and water sports).
You can profit from the dynamic privatization within the Upper Austria health and wellness sector by investing in
the following areas:
• Health and sport hotels
• Cure and wellness projects • Holiday villages and leisure clubs
• Stopover and urban hotels
We have reserved, officially approved investment locations
that are ready and waiting for you!
Business Upper Austria acts as a partner from planning to realization
Business Upper Austria, the Upper
Austrian government’s agency for
economic affairs is a driving force
for innovation and a partner for
location development, cooperation
and grant consulting.
As a one-stop shop and full-service
supplier, we assist our clients with
customized support that extends
from the business idea to market
success.
Our range for major tourism project
investors, operators and developers
includes:
• Free support from concept preparation
to investor and operator searches
• Offers regarding available Upper
Austrian tourism investment
locations and projects
• Clarification of financing and
funding possibilities
• Support during contacts with the
authorities and official approval
processes
• Preparation of individual, tailor-made
location offers and information for
investors and operators
• Advice and the establishing of
contacts with partners during project
realization (professional tourism
consulting, planning, construction,
financing, grants, incomings, hotel
operators)
• Initial consulting for local councils
during the development of major
tourism projects
Winter sport in Hinterstoder, a Skiing World Cup venue
Culinary delights on the Mühlviertel Alm
Upper Austria
is naturally healthy
Upper Austria possesses reserves of remedial substances that
are used for cure treatments (e.g. iodine brine, iodine sulphur,
radon) and a range of applications in the rehabilitation, preventive
medicine and clinic areas.
A successful project: Leading Familiy Hotel & Resort Dachsteinkönig, Gosau
The region also has a high-density network of small, ecologically
operated farms and agricultural enterprises that supply local
hotels and the gastronomy sector with select foods. Moreover,
international quality seals (e.g. the Kalkalpen National Park, the
Hallstatt Dachstein World Heritage region) confirm the excellent
ecological, climatic values in the soil, air and water area (lakes
with drinking water quality).
“Linz.Changes” - modern Linz as exemplified by the Ars Electronia Center
Sustainable economic strength, an own incoming company
and first class quality of life
The Upper Austrian government invests in infrastructure projects
Upper Austria has its own incoming
company in the shape of Oberösterreich Touristik GmbH, which assists
tourism operators during their
marketing and sales activities.
Upper Austria has powerful partners
on hand for investors, especially
in the fields of financing, project
development, construction and management.
Several tourism schools in Upper Austria
train highly qualified personnel and the
dual educational system also serves
to provide excellent practical skills.
The Schloss Toscana, Gmunden am Traunsee in the picturesque Salzkammergut
Low levels of criminality, a diverse
cultural range of the highest calibre
and an attractive leisure infrastructure
underline the quality of the life in the
region, which is also outstanding by
international standards.
The Zwieselalm in the Dachstein West walking region
PRAGUE
Nuremberg
CZ
REGENSBURG
STUTTGART
D
PASSAU
S10
MUNICH
A1
LINZ
A1
SK
VIENNA A5
A7
A8
SALZBURG
BRATISLAVA
ST. PÖLTEN
EISENSTADT
H
S6
CH
S16
A2
A9
A12
BREGENZ
A10
INNSBRUCK
KLAGENFURT
A2
GRAZ
IT
SLO
Prague
Berlin
ROHRBACH
FREISTADT
Passau
Nuremberg
Inn
SCHÄRDING
Donau
EFERDING
LINZ
Grieskirchen
PERG
BRAUNAU
WELS
Irrsee
Salzburg
Munich
STEYR
VÖCKLABRUCK
Mattsee
Vienna
Enns
Traun
GMUNDEN
Attersee
KIRCHDORF
Traunsee
Mondsee
Southern Germany and the central area around
Prague, which represent Upper Austria’s home
tourism markets, are less than two hours away
by car.
Hallstättersee
Railroad
A 1 Munich-Salzburg-Linz-Vienna
A 8 Nuremberg-Regensburg-Passau-Wels-Linz
A 9 Germany-Wels-Graz-Slovenia-Italy
S 10 Prague-Berlin
The heart of Europe
Wolfgangsee
HIGHWAY
Upper Austria is situated at the junction
of four European motorways:
Gosausee
Graz
Upper Austrian Tourism conducts a coordinated strategy
with the five destination brands Donau Upper Austria, Linz,
Salzkammergut, Pyhrn-Priel and Mühlviertel.
We are pleased to prepare an individual
location offer in line with your briefing!
Business Upper Austria – OÖ Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH
Herbert Reitmann
Hafenstraße 47-51
4020 Linz
Austria
Tel.: +43 732 79810 5045
herbert.reitmann@biz-up.at
www.biz-up.at
This brochure is free of charge and we undertake every effort to ensure that the
information it presents is up to date, correct and complete. However, we accept
no guarantee or liability for the content and also not for the accuracy, completeness and actuality of the information and its usefulness for a certain purpose.
We wish to point out that every individual case should be separately examined
with an appropriately qualified person.
Photo Sources:
OÖ. Tourismus/Röbl, OÖ. Tourismus/Hochhauser, E. Mayer (Leermoos), Nicolas
Ferrando, Lois Lammerhuber, Toscana Congress, Dachstein West