About us

The Austrian National Tourist Office (ANTO) is Austria’s national tourism organization. Since 1955 the main objective of this association has been the promotion of vacation country Austria.

The Austrian National Tourist Office (ANTO) is Austria’s national tourism organization. Since 1955 the main objective of this association (in the beginning called „Österreichische Fremdenverkehrswerbung“, from 1989 “Österreich Werbung”) has been the promotion of vacation country Austria. ANTO’s central goal is to secure and expand tourism country Austria’s competitiveness in cooperation with all Austrian tourism partners. By doing so, ANTO contributes essentially to increasing Austria’s market share in international tourism.

Core competencies of the Austrian National Tourist Office are:

• Development of the brand “Vacation in Austria”: This brand differentiates Austria from other vacation countries and conveys the emotional added value of a stay in Austria.

• Opening up the internationally most promising markets with innovative and modern marketing.
• Partner of Austrian tourism businesses and essential platform of tourism networking: The tourist industry profits from ANTO’s always up-to-date expert knowledge.

Budget

ANTO’s budget is made up of membership fees from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth (75 per cent) and the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (25 per cent) as well as of the Austrian tourism trade’s (provincial tourist boards, regions and tourism operations) partnership contributions for marketing services.

Activities

The range of activities include above-the-line advertising for tourism country Austria, media cooperation, the production of special-interest brochures, the organization of fairs and sales platforms as well as cooperation with local tour operators, travel agents and trainings for the travel agency and event sector.

ANTO also supports Austrian tourism suppliers with customized marketing activities tailored to the respective needs and market chances.

The heart of ANTO’s guest information, besides ANTO’s Information Center (the most comprehensive service and information center for Vacation in Austria), is the Internet portal www.austria.info. Austria’s largest tourism platform on the Internet provides potential guests with ample information and attractions from all over Austria, in 27 languages at the moment.