Christian Schützinger

CEO, Vorarlberg Tourismus

Christian Schützinger was born in Abtenau, Salzburg, studied journalism and sports science at the University of Salzburg, completed the university course for marketing, the incoming licence examination and the international destination course and, before working in Bregenz, was tourism director in Abtenau/SalzburgerLand and co-founder of the destination Lammertal. From 1998 to 2003, he was Managing Director of the Bodensee-Alpenrhein tourism destination, which he built up into a new destination after the regions were merged and whose office he transformed into an efficient tourism service centre for guests and members. He has been State Tourism Director and Managing Director of Vorarlberg Tourismus GmbH since 2003. In this role, he is involved in the development of the Vorarlberg holiday brand and - following the Vorarlberg Tourism Strategy 2020 - is currently also working on the Strategy 2030.

Christian Schützinger
Christian SchützingerCEO, Vorarlberg Tourismus
Jun 3, 2025

Christian Schützinger, Managing Director of Vorarlberg Tourismus, welcomes all conference participants as the host of the federal state of Vorarlberg.

Even in challenging times, tourism in Vorarlberg continues to develop on the basis of strong and healthy roots. The coronavirus pandemic in particular has shown that the values of the 2020 tourism strategy in terms of regionality, hospitality, sustainability and networking were the right ones. These central pillars will continue to form the values foundation of the Tourism Strategy 2030.

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