Local class
In Austria , the term local class is a term from tourism law . It represents a classification as a tourist municipality based on the intensity of overnight stays .
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According to the tourism laws in the individual federal states , each municipality is assigned a local class by the state government in the local class ordinance.
The location classes, the calculation of which is not uniform, is based on the number of overnight stays, sales or specific tourist facilities. In return, this classification has the effect that appropriate tourism commissions or tourism associations can or must be set up in the municipalities. Associated with this classification are also various overnight or visitor taxes .
Local classes in the individual federal states
Burgenland
In Burgenland, the municipalities are divided into local classes I - IV. In 2007 there was a division for the years 2008 to 2012.
Carinthia
This classification is not carried out in Carinthia.
Lower Austria
In Lower Austria the municipalities are divided into three classes (I, II or III). Local recreational facilities or natural and artistic attractions are also taken into account in the classification.
Upper Austria
In Upper Austria, municipalities are divided into classes A, B, C, and D.
Salzburg
In Salzburg not every single municipality, but the respective tourism association is divided into classes A, B and C.
Styria
The municipalities are classified into four location classes (A, B, C, D). All municipalities in classes A, B, C are also referred to as tourist municipality . The status is determined every seven years.
Tyrol
In Tyrol, as in Salzburg, the tourist regions (instead of the individual municipalities) are divided into classes A, B and C.
Vorarlberg
In Vorarlberg there is a division into three classes (A, B and C).
Vienna
This classification does not apply in Vienna.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Circular from the catering industry - as an example: Lower Austria (PDF file, 411 kB; wko.at; accessed on April 7, 2012)
- ↑ Ordinance of the Burgenland Provincial Government of December 18, 2007 ( Memento of the original of February 20, 2011 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. (PDF file; 35 kB), accessed on April 7, 2012.
- ↑ Ordinance on the division of municipalities into local classes (according to their tourism significance) ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from 2010, accessed April 7, 2012.
- ↑ Local Class Ordinance 2011 , accessed on April 7, 2012.
- ↑ Salzburg Tourism Act 2003 § 34, accessed on April 7, 2012.
- ↑ Styrian Tourism Act of 1992 ( 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. , accessed April 6, 2012.
- ↑ Local Class Ordinance 2008 , accessed on April 7, 2012.
- ↑ Law on the Promotion and Protection of Tourism (Tourism Law) ( Memento of the original of May 27, 2015 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.
