Tourism in Germany

  • UNWTO: International tourism – strongest half-year results since 2010

    AFGHANISTAN, 2017/09/09 Destinations worldwide welcomed 598 million international tourists in the initial six months of 2017, some 36 million additional than in the same period of 2016. At 6%, increase was well above the trend of recent years, making the current January-June period the strongest half-year since 2010. Visitor numbers reported by destinations around the world reflect strong request for international travel in the initial half of 2017, according to the new UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Worldwide, international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) increased by 6% compared to the same six-month period last year, well above the sustained and consistent trend of 4% or higher increase since 2010. This represents the strongest half-year in seven years.

  • ITB Berlin puts together number of measures to ensure visitors experience minimum difficulties

    GERMANY, 2017/03/05 ITB Berlin has put together measures to minimise the effects in the event of strikes by ground crew at Berlin’s airports. On the website of ITB Berlin visitors can find live updates with a link to the new data from Berlin’s airports: www.berlin-airport.de. ITB Berlin as well provides live updates and links at How to get to Berlin and www.itb-berlin.com/travel for visitors travelling to the World’s Major Travel Trade Show. The social media channels Facebook and Twitter as well have live updates on ITB Berlin.

  • Grenada European tourism market

    GERMANY, 2014/03/05 Grenada says it plans to recapture its position on the European tourism market and using the one week ITB Berlin that begins on Wednesday to launch the initiative. Described as the world’s major tourism convention, ITB Berlin Convention provides incomparable opportunities to benefit from the leading think tank of the world tourism industry. Chief of Marketing at the Grenada Tourism authority (GTA), Sheldon Keens Douglas, said that there’s potential for Grenada on the European market.

  • Germans biggest tourism spenders in Greece

    GERMANY, 2013/08/25 According to Bank of Greece data, Russian visitors accounted for the biggest rise in tourism for Greece. They spent almost 341 million euros, which was up 42 % on the same period last year. Revenues from tourism in Greece reached 3.3 billion euros in the initial half of this year, up by 17.8 % on 2012. The next biggest increase was part French tourists (30.7 %), followed by visitors from the US (25.4 %) and Germany (17.8 %). The Germans were the biggest spenders with a total of 541 million euros.
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