Gabriela Jemelka (Vienna) - My name is Gabriela Jemelka. I am a private independent guide in Vienna and I would love to show you in Vienna, its surroundings and also all over Austria, We will discover at your own pace with a walking or driving tour.
Dietmar (Didi) Niederkofler (Salzburg) - I am Dietmar Niederkofler people know me as Didi and I was born on november 22nd in 1967 in Salzburg/Austria, son of Alois and Augusta Mariana, austrian father and brazilian mother, grown up in Austria but since my 18th birthday I keep traveling between the two countries. I am a native certificated Austrian Tour guide and I do have a license to drive tourist around with my comfortable minivan.
Special Interest Tours (Vienna) - - Medieval Vienna - hidden courtyards and sleepy narrow streets- Jewish Vienna - Art nouveau & turn of the century- Culinary Tours: our best pastry shops and coffee houses, arranging wine-tastings in our picturesque wine growing areas- According to your priorities I can also offer more leisurely tours and family programs. .
CAPITAL CITY OF Austria: Vienna LANGUAGE OF Austria: German CURRENCY OF Austria: Euro (EUR) COMMENTS ABOUT Austria: Austria is a land-locked alpine country in Central Europe
Cities :Vienna (capital), Graz, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Linz, Salzburg Best Places : Zell am See, Kaprun, Wörthersee, Bodensee, St. Anton Electricity : 230V/50Hz (European plug) Calling Code : +43 Time Zone : UTC +1
CLIMATE OF Austria: temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers RELIGION OF Austria: Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 0.1%, none 17.4% POPULATION OF Austria: 8,174,762 (July 2004 est.) German 88.5%, indigenous minorities 1.5% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Roma), recent immigrant groups 10% (includes Turks, Bosnians, Serbians, Croatians) (2001)> HISTORY OF Austria: Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria's status remained unclear for a decade. A State Treaty signed in 1955 ended the occupation, recognized Austria's independence, and forbade unification with Germany. A constitutional law that same year declared the country's "perpetual neutrality" as a condition for Soviet military withdrawal. Following the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 and Austria's entry into the European Union in 1995, some Austrian's have called into question this neutrality. A prosperous, democratic country, Austria entered the Economic and Monetary Union in 1999. ECONOMY OVERVIEW OF Austria: Austria, with its well-developed market economy and high standard of living, is closely tied to other EU economies, especially Germany's. Membership in the EU has drawn an influx of foreign investors attracted by Austria's access to the single European market and proximity to EU aspirant economies. Slow growth in Germany and elsewhere in the world held the economy to 0.7% growth in 2001, 1.4% in 2002, and again less than 1% in 2003. However, recent data signal that the recovery has started. The government estimates economic growth in 2004 of 1.7-2.1% and of 2.5% in 2005. The government is planning a EURO 500 billion income tax cut in 2004, though some economists doubt it will have stimulative effects in 2004, because it will be offset by higher health insurance contributions and higher taxes on energy. For 2005, Austria plans a tax cut of EURO 2.5 billion and harmonization of the various pension schemes. To meet increased competition from both EU and Central European countries, particularly the new EU members, Austria will need to emphasize knowledge-based sectors of the economy, continue to deregulate the service sector, and lower its tax burden. A key issue is the encouragement of much greater participation in the labor market by its aging population.
I am working in tourism because I think, that the best time of our life is to travel and this I made as a job. My hometown is Salzburg the area of music, mountains, lakes and culture. Salzburg is the city where Mozart was born, where the Sound of Music was filmed, where the best classical Music Festivals are happening.
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