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/ 19 March 2007

Russians flock to Austria to spend and buy property

More and more Russians visit Austria every year to the delight of luxury shops and tourism representatives, but prime property features increasingly on their shopping lists, alongside shoes and handbags. The number of Russian tourists "has grown very strongly, especially in the last six years", Ursula Schorer, manager of the four-star Erika Hotel in the ritzy Tyrolean resort of Kitzbuehel, said.