Octoberfest Stats
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Visitors since 1980 (in million)
source: Munich tourist office The famous Oktoberfest with thousands of visitors from all over the world has an enormous influence on the economy of Munich and the surrounding area . Approximately 955 Millions EURO during the 16 days are spent - 450 Mio EURO on the festival grounds for food, drinks and entertainment, 205 Mio EUR0 for shopping in and around Munich, public transport and restaurants as well as about 300 Mio EURO for hotel accomodation. About 12,000 people are employed to enable the world´s largest and most popular festival.
Technical facts Oktoberfest
Area: 103.79 acres ( 0.42 km² )
Seats in the festival halls: ca. 100,000
Expenditure of electricity: 2,8 Mio. kWh ( as much as 14 % of Munich´s daily need or as much as a four person family will need in 52 years and 4 months)
Expenditure of gas: about 205,000 m³
Expenditure of water: about 90,000 m³ ( as much as 27 % of Munich´s daily need )
Waste: 678 t (2004)
Toilettes: about 980 seats, more than 878 metres stands and 17 for disabled persons
Lost property: about 4000 items, among them 260 pairs of glasses, 200 mobile phones, a wedding ring and two crutches...
Telephone: 83, also for international creditcards
Oktoberfest 1950-2007
| Year | Beer(hectorliter) | Chicken (units) | Pork sausage (pairs) |
| 1950 | 15.012 | 88.294 | 648.338 |
| 1960 | 28.751 | 235.896 | 696.630 |
| 1970 | 39.985 | 487.570 | 795.358 |
| 1980 | 38.438 | 552.198 | 287.693 |
| 1990 | 54.300 | 750.947 | 303.352 |
| 1995 | 50.162 | 628.890 | 183.504 |
| 1996 | 52.622 | 595.580 | 254.788 |
| 1997 | 55.891 | 699.562 | 210.268 |
| 1998 | 56.165 | 603.746 | 176.590 |
| 1999 | 61.463 | 609.661 | 152.025 |
| 2000 | 66.295 | 681.242 | 235.474 |
| 2001 | 49.720 | 351.705 | 145.506 |
| 2002 | 57.614 | 459.259 | 219.405 |
| 2003 | 62.294 | 487.487 | 190.635 |
| 2004 | 61.163 | 481.649 | 179.889 |
| 2005 | 61.012 | 479.610 | 179.557 |
| 2006 | 68.617 | 494.135 | 144.635 |
| 2007 | 69.406 | 521.872 | 142.253 |
A glance back at the Oktoberfest 2007
Visitors: 6.2 million
Beer: appr. 69.406 hl + 1.269 hl of non-alkoholic beer
Wine: 79.624 litres
Sparkling wine: 32.047 litres
Coffee, tea: 222.725 litres
Water, lemonade: 909.765 1/2 litres
Chicken: 521.872 units
Pork sausages: 142.253 pairs
Fish: 38.650 kg
Pork knuckles: 58.446 units
Oxen: 104 units
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