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INSTITUTION

Facts and Figures 2016

Duration of Festival 41
Number of venues 14
Number of performances
Opera
Concert opera performances
Concerts
Plays
Children's programme performances
192
41
6
81
45
19
Special performances
Dress rehearsal open to the public
57
16


Total number of visitors 259.018
Number of countries 81
of which non-European countries 41
Percentage of seats sold 96%
Ticket sales revenue 27.061.974,29 €
Accredited Journalists
Number of countries

Contributions from public funding and the Tourism Promotion Fund
, of which
Federal Government
Province of Salzburg
City of Salzburg
Tourism Promotion Fund
677
81

16.016.000 €


40%
20%
20%
20%

Income of the Salzburg Festival Fund 2016


The item “Other Festival revenue” contains proceeds from the sale of evening programmes, advertisements, from co-productions and guest appearances, media usage, rentals and guided tours, the sales and renting out of productions, and other sources.

ECONOMIC FACTOR SALZBURG FESTIVAL

THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL

AN ECONOMIC MOTOR WITH EFFECTS FAR BEYOND SALZBURG

The economy and the Salzburg Festival? This is often reduced to mere “indirect profitability” benefiting the state. However, as the world’s leading festival of music and theatre, the Salzburg Festival creates far more than mere fiscal effects – as the centre of an organically grown economic ecosystem, it fulfils many functions and affects Salzburg profoundly as a location for business and companies.

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