(ANSA) - TRIESTE - Despite a slight decline in the number of arrivals and overnight stays in September, the summer tourist season in Austria - which in terms of statistics will officially close by the end of October - should be completed with positive results, according to a press release issued today by Statistics Austria. Taking into account preliminary data, during the period May- September 2014 the country. recorded more than 60 million overnight stays (+ 0.7% year-on-year), that is the best result since 1995. According to the National Statistical Office in Vienna, the number of overnight stays due to Austrian tourists (18 million) remained stable over the period considered, while those due to foreigners (42 million) increased by 1%. Another remarkable fact is the decline in overnight stays of Italian tourists (-4.2%) and of those from Netherlands (-0.5%), while those of German tourists are stable, since they are particularly keen on spending their holidays in Austria (22.5 million overnight stays between May and September). (ANSA).