List of tourism regions in Upper Austria

The list of tourist regions in Upper Austria is the one for Upper Austria . Tourism Act 1990 established multi-communal and regional tourism associations and conferences ( tourism regions ) in Upper Austria .

At the end of 2012, there were 214 tourism communities in Upper Austria - out of 444 communities,  i.e. almost half of all communities, 16  multi-community (regional) tourism / spa associations with a total of 119 communities ( i.e. around a quarter of all communities and half of all tourist communities organized in tourism regions ), and 5  regional tourism conferences . The other municipalities have tourism associations for themselves.

With an amendment, the associations - based on the model of the existing tourism regions - are to be merged to around 20 by 2019 (minimum size 200,000 overnight stays, 600,000 euros in financing) in order to strengthen the joint marketing measures. ^[outdated]

Basics

See also : Tourism region (Austria): Upper Austria

The current organization of the tourism regions was with the Upper Austria. Tourism Act  1990 (LGBL 81/1989, came into force on January 1, 1990) fundamentally re-regulated, and with the Upper Austria. Tourism law amendment 2012 further simplified in accordance with the Upper Austria Tourism Course Book 2011 to 2016 . Today there are two forms of the tourism region and the state tourism organization:

• Tourism associations or spa associations (Section 1.  Tourism associations §§ 4–21) arebindingfor tourism communities - local classes  A, B, C of the overnight stay intensity , or Statutarstädt . From Kurverband one speaks in the case that the area as a health resort according to the Upper Austria. Healing Resources and Health Resort Act is recognized. Thereis no longer a specific distinctionbetween uni- and multi-communal associations ( tourism regions in the sense of the law before 2012), but rather local and regional tourism associations .
• Regional tourism conferences (§ 25a, introduced with the Upper Austrian Tourism Law Amendment 2003; here an exchange takes place between the chairmen of those tourism associations that are assigned to the regional tourism conference.)
• the Upper Austria Tourism (Provincial Tourism Organization) is organized as a public body and acts as a kind of umbrella organization for the tourism organizations and as manager of the Regions brand Upper Austria as a whole.

The task of the tourism / spa associations is “to implement, suggest and support measures for their local area that are suitable for promoting tourism. They have to align their activities with the tourism policy strategy of the Province of Upper Austria. Tourism associations [...] must define this orientation in a tourism concept. In this, the tourism areas to be developed are to be defined and the necessary marketing measures to be planned. ”(§ 4 Z. 5). The tourism conferences serve to "coordinate the respective tourism interests" (§ 25a) of certain regions with a similar destination profile ( tourism division ).

Tourism associations are a corporation under public law . Members are the compulsory members (tourism communities and tourism-relevant professional groups according to the  contribution group regulations , § 35 contribution groups ) and voluntary members (together those interested in tourism , § 6). Organs are the general assembly, board of directors, chairman , possibly a managing director in larger associations (§ 17) as well as auditors .

The regional names as trademarks are largely subject to trademark protection.

list

2nd column ... country level, conference, association

at … conferences and their sub-regions

Members … municipalities / associations (sub-regions) - interested parties overall not specified

Sponsor, seat ... sponsoring organization of the region, seat of the same (sorted by seat)

founded ... Foundation of the current legal form of the brand (in brackets: historical development of the regional term)

Overnight stays ,% ... Overnight stays and market share in Upper Austria (as of 2008/2009)

List as of 2012/13

region		at	Members	Carrier, seat	established	Night	%	Remarks
Upper Austria	L.		214/16	Upper Austria Tourism ; Upper Austria. Tourism Marketing  GmbH; both Linz	1997 (15th century)	6,884,592	100	further subsidiaries: Upper Austria. Touristik  GmbH (travel agency), TTG Tourismus Technologie  GmbH (R&D); operates the interested party contribution office ( department of the state)
Danube	K		048	Verein Werbegemeinschaft Donau Oberösterreich ; WGD Donau Oberösterreich Tourismus  GmbH; both Linz	1998 (1991 club)	1,806,673	17.7	Advertising community total of 48 member communities (from 1.1.2017 50 communities) and cross-border with Bavaria (4 communities including the city of Passau); Verbund ARGE Donau Österreich (Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Vienna), ARGE Straße der Kaiser und Könige
Inn- and Hausruckviertler Thermenland	K		039/ 02	Regional tourism conference Inn- and Hausruckviertler Thermenland ; Seat oA	2003	992.195	14.4
Mühlviertel	K		067/ 04	Regional tourism conference Mühlviertel ; Seat oA;	2003 (15th century)	724.387	10.5
National park region	K		031/ 04	Regional Tourism Conference National Park Region ; Seat oA	2003 (1997  NP , 2007 Leader)	1,003,788	14.6	LEADER region (22 municipalities); Cooperation with the National Park Upper Austria Kalkalpen  Ges.mbH
Salzkammergut	K		043 (total 58) / 08 (total 10)	Salzkammergut Tourism Marketing  GmbH; Bad Ischl	2003 (17th century, 2002 GmbH)	2,533,983	36.8	cross-border with Styria and Salzburg
Attergau holiday region (St. Georgen i. A.)	V	Salzkammergut	003 (4)	Tourist Association St. Georgen / Straß / Berg ; St. Georgen i. A.	1990/92 (1903)	248.420	03.6
Attersee holiday region	V	Salzkammergut	007 (9)	Tourist association Ferienregion Attersee - Salzkammergut ; Attersee	1999 (1892)	370,584	05.4
Bad Ischl	V	Salzkammergut	001	Bad Ischl Tourist Association ; Bad Ischl	2003 (16th century)	354.425	05.1
Bad Hall - Kremsmünster	V	National park region	005	Bad Hall-Kremsmünster Tourist Association ; Bad Hall	2003 (2005)	217.961	03.2	2000–2003 near Pyhrn – Eisenwurzen , before that Bad Hall spa association
Bohemian forest	V	Mühlviertel	016	Tourist Association Bohemian Forest ; Aigen	2003	189,552	02.8	cross-border Euregio Bavarian Forest - Bohemian Forest (4 districts in Upper Austria, since 1994)
Dachstein Salzkammergut (Inner Salzkammergut)	V	Salzkammergut	004th	Inner Salzkammergut Tourist Association ; Gosau	2003 (14th century)	532.759	07.7	LEADER Regionalentwicklungsverein RegIS with 5 other municipalities Salzkammergut (1994), part of the UNESCO World Heritage Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut with Ausseerland in Styria, Salzburg and municipalities (1997)
Linz	V	Danube	001	Linz Tourist Association ; Linz	2003	739.434	10.7
Mondseeland, Mondsee-Irrsee	V	Salzkammergut	007th	Tourism Association MondSeeLand, Mondsee – Irrsee ; Mondsee	2003 (10th century)	228.102	03.3	LEADER region
Mühlviertel Alm	V	Mühlviertel	008 (10)	Association Association Mühlviertler Alm - Association for regional and Tourism development ; Mühlviertler Alm tourist association ; both Unterweißbach	2003 (1993 consortium)	37,756	00.5	Former judicial district Unterweißbach , LEADER region
Mühlviertel heartland	V	Mühlviertel	016	Tourism Mühlviertler Kernland ; Free City	2003 (2007 Leader)	87.101	01.3	LEADER region (18 municipalities)
Ennstal National Park region	V	National park region	009	National Park Region Ennstal Tourist Association ; Rich raming	2003	139,608	02.0	Kalkalpen National Park 1997; 2000–2003 near Pyhrn – Eisenwurzen , before that there was the Weyer Tourist Association
National park region Steyrtal	V	National park region	003	National Park Region Steyrtal Tourist Association ; Steinbach adSt.	2003	14,031	00.2	Kalkalpen National Park 1997; 2000–2003 near Pyhrn – Eisenwurzen
Pyhrn-Priel	V	National park region	009	Pyhrn-Priel Tourist Association ; Pyhrn-Priel Tourismus  GmbH; both Windischgarsten	2003 (1969)	516.916	07.5	2000–2003 near Pyhrn – Eisenwurzen , before that Windischgarstner Tal tourist office
St. Wolfgang (Wolfgangsee)	V	Salzkammergut	001	Kurverband St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut , St. Wolfgang i.Skg. ; Wolfgangsee Tourismus  GmbH; WOTEG Wolfgang Tourism Development  GmbH; both St. Gilgen	2003 (1950)	296.128	04.3	Member of the Wolfgangsee holiday region across borders with Salzburg
Seelentium - the feel-good region of the Upper Innviertel	V	Thermenland	002 (4)	Club Seelentium - feel-good region Upper Innviertel / Flachgau , Franking ; Seelentium Tourist Association ; Eggelsberg - Gundertshausen	2003 (2005 club)	-0	0-	Association in Upper Austria 11 municipalities (15 in total) across borders with Bavaria and Salzburg ; Agenda 21 region (2010)
s'Innviertel	V	Thermenland	017th	Tourist association s'Innviertel ; Geinberg	2003	236,927	03.4
TraumArena	V	Mühlviertel	003	TraumArena tourist association ; Schönegg - Guglwald	2003 (2010)	75,874	01.1
Tourist association Traunsee-Almtal	V	Salzkammergut	004th	Tourist association Traunsee-Almtal; Gmunden	2019 (1968)	249,496	03.6	The Traunsee holiday region and TVB Almtal merged on 1.1.2019
Vitalwelt Bad Schallerbach holiday region	V	-	006th	Tourist Association of the Holiday Region Vitalwelt Bad Schallerbach ; Bad Schallerbach	2003	478,490	07.0
remaining oö. (Tourism) communities	V	div.	095	local associations	-	1,784,781	25.9

Upper Austrian tourism destinations together: 6,470,953 - 93.9%; of which Salzkammergut and Danube (with Linz) 3,473,422 - 50.5%

Upper Austrian tourism regions with overnight stays> 200,000: 4,469,642 - 64.9%

Upper Austrian tourism region with overnight stays <200,000: 630,169 - 9.2%

Literature and Sources

• Provincial Law of October 12, 1989 on Tourism in Upper Austria (Upper Austrian Tourism Law 1990) . StF: LGBl. No. 81/1989 as amended (online,ris.bka).
• Province of Upper Austria, Upper Austria Chamber of Commerce: Course book Tourism Upper Austria 2011 to 2016. OwA ( land-oberoesterreich.gv.at PDF).
• Upper Austria Tourism: Tourism Organization Upper Austria. Status January 2012, owA ( pdf , oberoesterreich-tourismus.at).
• Upper Austria Tourism, Brigitte Reisenauer: Regional tourism conferences in Upper Austria - statistical data at a glance. Version 1, Linz November 2011 ( pdf ; August 2007 edition (PDF; 222 kB); both oberoesterreich-tourismus.at).
• Tourism map : Tourism communities and associations (map, status January 1, 2012, oberoesterreich-tourismus.at, PDF; 222 kB)

Web links

• oberoesterreich-tourismus.at , portal of OÖ Tourism
• Economy and Tourism , Province of Upper Austria

1. ↑ Oberösterreich Tourismus (oberoesterreich-tourismus.at) ( Memento of the original from August 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ^ Werbegemeinschaft Donau Oberösterreich ( Memento of the original dated September 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on danube.at
3. ↑ (Regional Tourism Conference Mühlviertel ; seat oA)
4. ↑ ^{a b c} National Park Kalkalpen Region: Ennstal & Steyrtal (nationalparkregion.com) .
5. ↑ Salzkammergut.at
6. ↑ Attergau - Salzkammergut holiday region (attergau.at)
7. ↑ Holiday region Attersee - Salzkammergut (attersee.at)
8. ↑ Bad Ischl spa town (badischl.salzkammergut.at)
9. ↑ Tourismusverband Bad Hall - Kremsmünster (badhall.com) ( Memento of the original from May 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ Tourismusverband Böhmerwald (boehmerwald.at) ( Memento of the original from October 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
11. ↑ Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut region (dachstein.salzkammergut.at)
12. ↑ Linz Tourism (linztourismus.at)
13. ↑ MondSeeLand, Mondsee-Irrsee (mondsee.salzkammergut.at)
14. ↑ Mühlviertler Alm (muehlviertleralm.at)
15. ↑ Tourism Mühlviertler Kernland (muehlviertler-kernland.at)
16. ↑ Pyhrn-Priel holiday region (Urlaubsregion-pyhrn-priel.at, pyhrn-priel.net)
17. ↑ Wolfgangsee Tourism (wolfgangsee.salzkammergut.at)
18. ↑ Seelentium - feel-good region Upper Innviertel / Flachgau (seelentium.at)
19. ↑ s´Innviertel (innviertel-tourismus.at)
20. ↑ TraumArena.at
21. ↑ Traunsee holiday region (traunsee.salzkammergut.at)
22. ↑ Vitalwelt.at

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lit. Upper Austria Tourism: Tourism Organization Upper Austria , sections local classes of the communities in Upper Austria . P. 6 ff., Der Tourismusverband p. 11 ff .;
   Lit. Kursbuch Tourismus Oberösterreich , Chapter 1.3. Tourism association structures , p. 13 ff.
2. ↑ New Tourism Act. oberoesterreich-tourismus.at, November 10, 2017;
   Land is reorganizing tourism: 20 instead of 104 associations, experts instead of politicians. In: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten online, October 4, 2016.
3. ^ State law with which the Upper Austria. Tourism Act 1990 and the Upper Austria. Tourism Tax Act 1991 to be changed (Upper Austrian Tourism Law Amendment 2012). LGBl. No. 117/2012 (online, ris.bka).
4. ↑ Kursbuch Tourismus Oberösterreich 2011-2016 ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , land-oberoesterreich.gv.at > Economy and Tourism> Tourism Strategy ;
   Kursbuch Tourismus Oberösterreich 2011 to 2016 ( Memento of the original from February 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , oberoesterreich-tourismus.at;
   For download link see also literature .
5. ^ Report of the Committee for Economic Affairs regarding the State Law with which the Upper Austria. Tourism Act 1990 and the Upper Austria. Tourism Tax Act 1991 to be changed (Upper Austrian Tourism Law Amendment 2012). Supplement 733/2012 to the verbatim protocols of the Upper Austria. Landtag, XXVII. Legislative period, Landtag Directorate: L-259/2-XXVII. ( Web link supplement 733/2012 (XXVII. GP) , pdf , both land-oberoesterreich.gv.at).
6. ↑ As a destination for city ​​tourism, cities are per se tourism communities
7. ^ Lit. Kursbuch Tourismus Oberösterreich , Chapter 5.2.1.3. Local and regional tourism associations , p. 83
8. ↑ Upper Austria Tourism: Newly elected representatives of the regional tourism conferences ensure tourism participation . Press release, APA TPT0002, November 17, 2011.
9. ^ Lit. Oberösterreich Tourismus: Tourismus - Organization Oberösterreich , section Der Tourismusverband p. 11.
10. ↑ the tourism commission no longer applies with the 2012 amendment, the board takes on these tasks; See report ... regarding the ... state law , p. 1 and various other sections
11. ↑ Associations whose income from interested parties and tourism promotion contributions / visitor's tax regularly exceeds EUR 350,000 per budget year. The previous name was tourism director , see report ... regarding the ... state law , section on § 17 , p. 10 f.
12. ^ Lit. Kursbuch Tourismus Oberösterreich , Chapter 4.1. Brand strategy , p. 37 ff.
13. ^ Lit. Kursbuch Tourismus Oberösterreich , Chapter 1.5. Tourist demand , table of Upper Austria overnight stays by destinations and association areas 2008/2009 , p. 15;
    Lit. Regional Tourism Conferences… Statistical Data 2011, Section 2.1. Overview of arrivals and overnight stays in the municipalities of the regional tourism conferences: Tourism year 2009/2010 compared to the previous year p. 6 f, table p. 6 (overnight stays) and graphic p. 7 (% values);
    the different details arise from a different assessment status of the members
14. ↑ 1458–63 Archduke Albrecht VI. , from 1490 as part of the Principality of Austria ob der Enns, 1783/84 Kronland
15. ↑ older version: 1,107,261; without Linz: 477.166
16. ↑ 5/2013 no explicit website yet
17. ↑ Upper Austria Tourism: Welcome to the regional tourism conference Inn- and Hausruckviertler Thermenland 5th November 2008 . Presentation, p. 2 (pdf, oberoesterreich-tourismus.at; 1.9 MB).
18. ↑ Lit. Regional Tourism Conferences… Statistical Data 2011, p. 4
19. ↑ Other regions are the Mühlviertel Nature Park (4 municipalities in two LEADER regions) and Sterngartl Gusental / Bad Leonfelden (only organized as a LEADER region in 2013 : 18 municipalities, 12 of them with a local association, and 2 as a member of TraumArena). The 5 regions in the Mühlviertel , muehlviertel.at (TraumArena not explicitly mentioned there).
20. ↑ 1478 first quarter division of Austria above the Enns
21. ↑ Upper Austria Tourism: Welcome to the Regional National Park Tourism Conference October 3, 2006 (PDF; 1.2 MB); Welcome to the Regional Tourism Conference of the National Park Region November 19, 2008 . Presentations, each p. 2 (both pdf, oberoesterreich-tourismus.at; 2.0 MB).
    LEADER region 22 municipalities. leader-kalkalpen.at ( Memento of the original dated February 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Kalkalpen Region National Park , land-oberoesterreich.gv.at 
22. ↑ GmbH: a total of 54 in the three federal states, as of 2012; due to the expansion of the Almtal region in 2013: a total of 58
23. ↑ ^{a b c} an association (holiday region Wolfgangsee) cross-border with Salzburg, in Upper Austria only the municipality of St. Wolfgang; Bad Ischl as a unified association - but both are considered a tourist region. Lit. Kursbuch Tourismus Oberösterreich , Chapter 1.5. Tourist demand , table of Upper Austria overnight stays by destination and association areas 2008/2009 , p. 15
24. ↑ Chamber property as owned by the sovereign in 1656
25. ↑ measured on 42 communities; at the time 2,366,161 - 34.4%
26. ↑ Weißkirchen is associated with its own tourism association
27. ↑ 1903 as the improvement association St. Georgen , 1952 tourism association, 1990 with tourism association Straß im Attergau , 1992 also tourism association Berg im Attergau
28. ↑ two associated local associations
29. Jump up ↑ 1892 as an association to increase the summer vacation at the Attersee , 1926/27 re-establishment as a tourism association for the Attersee and Mondsee area , 1952 Atterseeverband , 1999 merger of the local associations
30. ↑ Reign of Wildenstein from 1419 habsb. Seat of the Ischlland; 1563 Ischl Salzberg, 1571 brewhouse and increasingly Ischl the main town; Health resort from the 1820s, 1906 Bad
31. ↑ 2003 as Tourismusverband Tourismusregion Bad Hall - Kremsmünster Adlwang (LGBl. No. 17/2003); Established in 2005. Four years of the Bad Hall-Kremsmünster tourist region . In: Bad Haller Kuorier. Information for the Bad Hall spa district , volume 168 / issue 4, April 28, 2009, p. 4 ( pdf , bad-hall.ooe.gv.at).
32. ↑ places urk. 1325, 1994 coordination office for LEADER regional development association RegIS; 1997 UNESCO World Heritage
33. ↑ one-congregation association, but is considered a tourism region. Lit. Kursbuch Tourismus Oberösterreich , Chapter 1.5. Tourist demand , table of Upper Austria overnight stays by destination and association areas 2008/2009 , p. 15
34. ↑ Municipality of Unterach associated with the LEADER regional development association
35. ↑ 996 Mondsee Monastery, Austria 1506, secularized in 1791 and rule Mondsee; 1874 Mondsee embellishment and sociability association , 1926/27 re-establishment of the tourism association for the Attersee and Mondsee region , since the 1970s joint municipal and tourism office of Markt Mondsee and rural communities, 1996 LEADER regional development association with Irrseegemeinden, constituted tourism association in 2004
36. ↑ two communities still with their own local association
37. ↑ old regional court, 1850 Unterweißbach judicial district (closed in 2002), 1993 ARGE Mühlviertler Alm , then LEADER region
38. ↑ 18 in the LEADER regional association Mühlviertler Kernland ; About us: The regional association ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Regional Association Mühlviertler Kernland, kernland.riepert.ws 
39. ↑ 1969 Tourism Association Pyhrn-Priel (the first association in Austrian tourism to act as a historically grown small region. Quote from Hans Krawarik: From the mountain farming region to the tourism landscape: The Stoder case study. Volume 8 of Austria: Research and Science: History , LIT Verlag Münster, 2012, ISBN 978-3-643-50408-1 , p. 91; limited preview in Google book search.); 2001 GmbH. (Tourismusverband Pyhrn-Priel: Tourismuskonzept Pyhrn-Priel 2009-2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   , December 2008, 2.1 .1. Economic and social significance of tourism p. 12; PDF, 868 kB, ttg.at)
40. ↑ 1950 Tourismusverband, 1972 climatic health resort (Franz Hufnagl, Heinrich Marchetti: The district of Gmunden and its communities: from the beginnings to the present - a representation of the natural area, history, economy and culture in articles and images Self-published association for the publication of a district book about the District Gmunden, 1991, p. 1152, limited preview in Google book search.); 2003 TV (name "Kurverband" explicitly prescribed, LGBl. No. 17/2003) and WOTEG ( company WOTEG Wolfgangsee Tourismusentwicklung GmbH in St. Gilgen  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please review the link according to instructions and then remove this notice. .   / firmenabc.at Company register data Creditreform.)
41. ↑ ^{a b} two tourist communities are currently still represented in the association with their own local association, a total of 7 cross-border tourism associations. In Upper Austria 11, a total of 15 municipalities are involved in the association
42. ↑ Tourism Association Seelentium  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   , oberoesterreich.at
43. ↑ 2003 TV, 2005 Verein Seelentium, 2010 Agenda 21
44. ↑ LEADER region Innviertel - from the Inn to the Kobernaußerwald 35 communities
45. ↑ Established in 2010: TraumArena Tourist Association - A region is growing together! , traumarena.at> News (at the bottom, accessed May 2013).
46. ↑ 1968 Tourist Association Traunseering (Franz Hufnagl, Heinrich Marchetti: The district of Gmunden and its communities: from the beginnings to the present - a representation of the natural area, history, economy and culture in articles and images Self-published association for the publication of a district book about the district of Gmunden , 1991, p. 851, limited preview in Google Book search.)