Last year, Vienna Airport saw twice as many passengers travel to and from China than in 2023.
While passenger numbers are still below pre-pandemic levels, the Austrian capital hopes its many music venues will attract more Mozart and Beethoven fans.
CGTN’s Johannes Pleschberger reports.
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While passenger numbers are still below pre-pandemic levels, the Austrian capital hopes its many music venues will attract more Mozart and Beethoven fans.
CGTN’s Johannes Pleschberger reports.
#Austria #Vienna #China
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00:00Listening to Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro in one of Vienna's historic ring road palaces
00:07has been on Linting knees bucket list for a long time.
00:14I love music so I'm just like, I really, I'm excited.
00:21To have a concert in one big hall or in one big opera, they can do it even in China or
00:25wherever they go.
00:26But concerts like this, how we perform, how we give them this experience, it's only to
00:32see in Vienna.
00:33Vienna's world famous classical music attracts millions of visitors each year.
00:38And while arrivals from China have been low since the COVID pandemic, recent figures are
00:43more optimistic.
00:45In the first half of 2024, Vienna recorded a 129% increase in Chinese tourists compared
00:54with the year before.
00:57Alongside direct connections to Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, Vienna is now offering Hainan
01:02airline flights to Chengdu in southwestern China.
01:06Chengdu is a very attractive city, the home of the pandas, and Shenzhen, a world-renowned
01:13capital of technology, so I do hope that many more Austrians fly to China as well and use
01:19the Hainan flights to travel to these cities.
01:23Vienna Airport CEO Julian Jäger says he will visit China in the new year in a bid to establish
01:28more flight connections.
01:30I see a lot of potential for further growth in China and we do hope that we will get one
01:35or other additional destination in China in the coming years.
01:41Even though passenger numbers between Austria and China are currently at 70% of pre-pandemic
01:46levels, it's hoped a further increase is on the horizon as visitors seek to enjoy the
01:51highlights of each other's country.
01:53Johannes Meshberger, CGTN, Vienna.