The Vienna Tourist Board expects that in 2012 Indian tourist night stays in local hotels will outgrow the record inflow of over 55,000 room nights in 2011.
Vienna, retaining the spot as the city offering the world's best quality of living for the fourth year in a row, looks at welcoming a significantly larger number of Indian tourists in the coming years, said Verena Hable, of the Vienna Tourism Board during a visit to India.
"By blending its unique imperial architectural heritage with a distinguished legacy of great artists and musicians like Mozart and Beethoven, Vienna offers one of Europe's most dynamic urban spaces," Hable said.
"With Vienna emerging as a favoured destination by Indian tourists, we look to welcoming significantly larger inflow of tourists in the coming years," she added.
Most Indians tend to cover Vienna, Budapest and Prague -- all major cities of the former Habsburg Empire - described as the 'Golden Triangle', by availing a common Schengen visa.
Pointing to similarities between Indian and Austrian capitals, Hable said just like Lutyen's Delhi, Vienna boasts of green spaces that cover over half its area and equally great outdoors.
The countless meadows, trees, parks, gardens, roadside verges, balconies and green rooftops provide a constant, yet ever-changing palette of blossoming flowers. MORE