The Luxembourg City Tourist Office (LCTO) has announced that the number of tourists to the capital city reached 60% compared to the pre-pandemic situation in 2019 and is optimistic about an overall good tourist season in 2022.
The Easter weekend marked the launch of the 2022 tourist season in Luxembourg city. According to LCTO, with the arrival of sunny weather and the health restrictions now lifted in Luxembourg as well as in neighbouring countries, many residents including many German, French, Belgian and Dutch visitors were encouraged to come and visit the Luxembourg capital.
During the period from Good Friday to Easter Monday, the LCTO registered no less than 1,559 visitors passing through the tourist reception office located at Place Guillaume II.
According to the countries of residence of the customers, visitors from Germany were the most numerous with a total of 501 people, followed by 296 French visitors, 124 Belgian visitors, 107 Dutch visitors and 98 Luxembourg residents. In addition, the LCTO also recorded visitors from more distant countries, including 91 visitors from the Iberian Peninsula as well as 87 visitors from Asia.
Guided tours
During these four days, the LCTO organised in total fourteen guided tours allowing 185 people to discover the beautiful corners of Luxembourg city, in the company of approved guides.
During the Easter holidays, the LCTO had launched the "Easter Safari", a fun guided tour for children, which was a great success. In total, 270 participants went in search of animals in the urban jungle, including the "Peckvillchen", which represented a 90% take-up rate.
Digital side
The LCTO also organised a digital egg hunt on its social networks for the Easter weekend. A total of 136 participants took part in the digital egg hunt.
From Good Friday to Easter Monday, the LCTO recorded a total of 41,066 pages viewed by 14,327 visitors to the luxembourg-city.com site.
Eimaischen
From the early morning of Easter Monday, the traditional Éimaischen (193rd edition), organised by the Alstad Committee in cooperation with the Ville de Luxembourg, attracted many tourists and Luxembourg residents. Exact figures are not available for this open-air public event.
In conclusion, Tom Bellion, director of the LCTO, stated that he is quite satisfied with the launch of the tourist season: "After two years of pandemic, it is very important for all players in the tourist sector to note that the launch of the season has made it possible to draw a fairly positive assessment and constituting a good basis for optimism for the months to come. It is to be hoped that this great momentum will be confirmed at Pentecost, so that tourism professionals, hoteliers, restaurateurs, businesses and cultural institutions can count on a very good summer season in 2022".
