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In Germany 339.0 million overnight stays were made at collective accommodation establishments during the year 2011. Compared to 2010, this means an increase by 4.1%. Most overnight stays at collective accommodation establishments in Germany were made by Germans, 275.9 million overnight stays or 81% during 2011. The number of overnight stays in 2009 made by people living outside Germany were 63.1 million. Netherlands, Switzerland, the USA and the United Kingkom are the largest foreign markets and stand for 38% foreign overnight stays. Asia is the biggest market outside Europe with 6.1 million overnight stays replacing Northern America with 5.2 million overnight stays during the year 2011.

If you are interested in historic data, here you can find the complete BASTIS data for the destination Germany withthe base year 2009: Destination:Germany2009

Contents 1 Use of Accommodations 1.1 Sources and Definitions 1.2 Arrivals 1.3 Overnights 1.4 Length of stay 2 Accommodation Capacities 2.1 Number of collective tourism establishments 2.2 Bedplaces in collective tourism establishments 2.3 Average size of collective tourism establishments 2.4 Utilisation of bedplaces (hotels and similar) 3 Holiday travellers 2011 to Germany 3.1 Germany as holiday destination 2011 3.2 Nature holiday: Holiday travellers 2011 to Germany 3.3 Cultural holiday: Holiday travellers 2011 to Germany 4 Interest in Germany as a Holiday destination 5 The economic dimension of travel and tourism 6 Heritage attractions 6.1 UNESCO World Heritage Sites 6.2 BASTIS Heritage Sites 7 Miscellaneous 8 References

Use of Accommodations

Sources and Definitions

The main source for Tourism Accommodation and Capacity Statistics in Germany is the Eurostat database^[1]. Here the most harmonised and complete European Tourism Statistics can be found. Hence we use definitions according to Eurostat directives:

Hotels and similar	Other collective accommodation
9 beds or more	Holiday dwellings = 9 beds or more Camping sites = 3 pitches or more Other collective accomodation n.e.s. = 9 beds or more

As additional sources TourMIS^[2], destatis ^[3] and DZT ^[4] are used complementary with clearly marked references.

Please note that the National German Tourism Statistics data (destatis) are different compared to the data reported in the Eurostat database. This is due to a different classification of accomodations. In addition to the data reported the Eurostat database, the National German Tourism Statistics data also cover Preventive care or rehabilitation centres and Training homes. In the TourMIS database you find the data according to the definitions of destatis.

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Arrivals

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Arrivals in all collective accommodation establishments	116.4 million	120.6 million	125.2 million	127.7 million	130.8 million	127.6 million	134.5 million	141.7 million
Arrivals development compared to previous year	+5.4%	+3.6%	+3.9%	+1.9%	+2.4%	-2.5%	+5.4%	+5.4%

• Arrivals by kind of accommodation 2011:

115.6 million hotels and similar (82%)

7.1 million tourist campsites (5%)

19.0 million other collective accommodation (13%)

• Domestic/international arrivals 2011:

113.4 million domestic arrivals (80%)

28.3 million international arrivals (20%):

14% Netherlands

8% Switzerland

8% US

7% UK

5% Italy

5% Austria

5% France

4% Denmark

4% Belgium

3% Spain

3% Sweden

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Overnights

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Overnight stays in all collective accommodation establishments	338.8 million	344.0 million	351.2 million	317.3 million	323.9 million	314.1 million	325.4 million	339.0 million
Overnight stays development compared to previous year	+15.6%	+1.5%	+2.1%	-9.7%	+2.1%	-3.0%	+3.6%	+4.1%

• Overnight stays by kind of accommodation 2011:

240.8 million hotels and similar (71%)

25.0 million tourist campsites (7%)

73.2 million other collective accommodation (22%)

• Domestic/international overnight stays 2011:

275.9 million domestic overnight stays (81%)

63.1 million international overnight stays (19%):

17% Netherlands

7% Switzerland

7% US

7% UK

5% Italy

5% Austria

5% France

4% Belgium

4% Denmark

3% Spain

3% Russia

3% Poland

• Seasonality overnight stays 2011:

52.6 million Winter [Jan., Feb., Dec.] (16%)

77.6 million Spring [Mar.-May] (23%)

121.6 million Summer [Jun.-Aug.] (36%)

87.3 million Autumn [Sep.-Nov.] (25%)

• Regional distribution of overnight stays 2011:

	NUTS-Code	Overnight stays 2011	Market share
Baden-Württemberg	DE1	37.8 million	11%
Bayern	DE2	70.8 million	21%
Berlin	DE3	22.2 million	7%
Brandenburg	DE4	9.2 million	3%
Bremen	DE5	1.9 million	1%
Hamburg	DE6	9.5 million	3%
Hessen	DE7	23.5 million	7%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	DE8	24.7 million	7%
Niedersachsen	DE9	34.0 million	10%
Nordrhein-Westfalen	DEA	35.5 million	10%
Rheinland-Pfalz	DEB	18.6 million	5%
Saarland	DEC	1.5 million	1%
Sachsen	DED	14.7 million	4%
Sachsen-Anhalt	DEE	6.1 million	2%
Schleswig-Holstein	DEF	21.3 million	6%
Thüringen	DEG	7.4 million	2%

Eurostat collects and publishes statistical data on different geographical levels according to the "Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS". Here the regional distribution of overnight stays in collective tourism establishments on the NUTS 1 level are shown. Geographically more detailed data is published by Eurostat and by Statistische Ämter der Länder.

• Special characteristics in the National German Tourism Statistics

As described in the Definition-chapter, the national Germanclassification of use of accommodations includes Preventive care or rehabilitation centres and Training homes. These forms of accommodation accounted for 55 million overnight stays in 2011.

For your convenience here you find a detailed tabulation on the development of overnight stays in Germany from the TourMIS database. And here you can find the corresponding graph.

For your convenience here you find a detailed tabulation on the source markets of overnight stays in Germany from the TourMIS database.

For your convenience here you find a detailed tabulation on the seasonality of overnight stays in Germany from the TourMIS database. Here you find the corresponding graph.

More detailed data can be found at destatis

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Length of stay

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Average length of stay in all collective accommodation establishments	2.91 nights	2.85 nights	2.80 nights	2.49 nights	2.48 nights	2.46 nights	2.42 nights	2.39 nights

• Average length of stay by kind of accommodation 2011:

2.08 nights hotels and similar

3.50 nights tourist campsites

3.85 nights other collective accommodation

• Average length of stay by domestic/international travellers 2011:

2.43 nights domestic travellers

2.30 nights international travellers

Accommodation Capacities

Number of collective tourism establishments

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Number of all collective accommodation establishments	55,278 est.	55,331 est.	54,797 est.	53,758 est.	53,959 est.	53,179 est.	53,532 est.	53,164 est.
Capacity development (establishments) compared to previous year	+0.3%	+0.1%	-1.0%	-1.9%	+0.4%	-1.4%	+0.7%	-0.7%

• Number of collective tourism establishments by kind of accommodation 2011:

35,579 hotels and similar establishments (67%)

3,027 tourist campsites (6%)

14,558 other collective accommodation (27%)

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Bedplaces in collective tourism establishments

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Number of bedplaces in all collective accommodation establishments	3,292,000 beds	3,327,000 beds	3,329,000 beds	3,210,000 beds	3,271,000 beds	3,231,000 beds	3,287,000 beds	3,324,000 beds
Capacitiy development (beds) compared to previous year	+5.4%	+1.0%	+0.1%	-3.6%	+1.9%	-1.2%	+1.7%	+1.1%

• Number of bedplaces in collective tourism establishments by kind of accommodation 2011:

1,749,000 bedplaces in hotels and similar (53%)

888,000 bedplaces in tourist campsites (27%)

687,000 bedplaces in other collective accommodation (20%)

• Regional distribution of tourism capacities (beds) 2009:

	NUTS-Code	Tourism capacities 2009	Market share
Baden-Württemberg	DE1	360,000 bedplaces	11%
Bayern	DE2	662,000 bedplaces	20%
Berlin	DE3	125,000 bedplaces	4%
Brandenburg	DE4	120,000 bedplaces	4%
Bremen	DE5	13,000 bedplaces	0.4%
Hamburg	DE6	49,000 bedplaces	2%
Hessen	DE7	227,000 bedplaces	7%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	DE8	280,000 bedplaces	8%
Niedersachsen	DE9	367,000 bedplaces	11%
Nordrhein-Westfalen	DEA	319,000 bedplaces	10%
Rheinland-Pfalz	DEB	231,000 bedplaces	7%
Saarland	DEC	18,000 bedplaces	0.5%
Sachsen	DED	139,000 bedplaces	4%
Sachsen-Anhalt	DEE	71,000 bedplaces	2%
Schleswig-Holstein	DEF	246,000 bedplaces	7%
Thüringen	DEG	100,000 bedplaces	3%

Eurostat collects and publishes statistical data on different geographical levels according to the "Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS". Here the tourism capacities in bedplaces in collective tourism establishments on the NUTS 1 level are shown. Geographically more detailed data is published by Eurostat and by Statistische Ämter der Länder.

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Average size of collective tourism establishments

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Average number of bedplaces per collective accommodation establishments	60 beds	60 beds	61 beds	60 beds	61 beds	61 beds	61 beds	63 beds

• Average size of collective tourism establishments by kind of accommodation 2011:

hotels and similar: 49 bedplaces

tourist campsites: 293 bedplaces

other collective accommodation: 47 bedplaces

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Utilisation of bedplaces (hotels and similar)

2011	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
Net use of bedplaces	26%	30%	32%	36%	41%	45%	46%	47%	48%	43%	34%	27%
Gross use of bedplaces	26%	30%	32%	36%	41%	45%	46%	47%	48%	43%	34%	30%

Please note: Neither Eurostat nor other sources provide more detailed data on the utilisation of bedplaces.

Holiday travellers 2011 to Germany

Based on the Flash Eurobarometer 334 ^[5] of March 2012 we can identify the holiday travellers to Germany 2011 of the 408 million citizens aged 15+ years in the 27 EU member states (EU27).

Germany as holiday destination 2011

8% (32.6 million) of all EU27 citizens have travelled to Germany for a minimum of 4 nights in 2011. These 32.6 million persons live in the following source markets:

63% Germany

6% Poland

5% Netherlands

4% UK

3% France

2% Spain

2% Italy

2% Romania

2% Denmark

2% Austria

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Nature holiday: Holiday travellers 2011 to Germany

• The Flash Eurobarometer 334 identifies 18% (44 million) of all EU27 citizens whose main reason for going on a holiday in 2011 was "nature (mountain, lake, landscape etc.)":

17% (7.5 million) of the EU27 nature motivated travelled to Germany for a minimum of 4 nights in 2011. Upside down this means: For 23% of the 32.6 million EU27 citizens who travelled to Germany in 2011 the main reason for going on holidays in 2011 was "nature (mountain, lake, landscape etc)." [EU27: 18%]

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Cultural holiday: Holiday travellers 2011 to Germany

• The Flash Eurobarometer 334 identifies 14% (34 million) of all EU27 citizens whose main reasons for going on holidays in 2011 was "culture/religion":

17% (5.8 million) of the EU27 culture/religion motivated travelled to Germany for a minimum of 4 nights in 2011. Upside down this means: For 19% of the 32.6 million EU27 citizens who travelled to Germany in 2011 the main reason for going on holidays in 2011 was "culture/religion" [EU27: 14%]

Interest in Germany as a Holiday destination

Based on the Flash Eurobarometer 334 ^[5] of March 2012 we can identify the interest for their holiday destinations 2012 of the 408 million citizens aged 15+ years in the 27 EU member states (EU27).

7% (28.6 million) of all EU27 citizens are interested in Germany as their holiday destination 2012. These 28.6 million persons live in the following source markets:

70% Germany

4% Netherlands

3% UK

3% Italia

3% Poland

2% Spain

2% France

2% Romania

1% Austria

1% Sweden

1% Belgium

The economic dimension of travel and tourism

GDP: DIRECT CONTRIBUTION
The direct contribution of Travel & Tourism to GDP was EUR 41.9 bn (1.6% of total GDP) in 2011, and is forecast to fall by 0.0% in 2012, and to rise by 1.4% pa, from 2012-2022, to EUR 48.3 bn in 2022 (in constant 2011 prices).

GDP: TOTAL CONTRIBUTION
The total contribution of Travel & Tourism to GDP was EUR 117.6 bn (4.6% of GDP) in 2011, and is forecast to fall by 1.8% in 2012, and to rise by 1.0% pa to EUR 127.1 bn in 2022.

EMPLOYMENT: DIRECT CONTRIBUTION
In 2011 Travel & Tourism directly supported 731,000 jobs (1.8% of total employment). This is expected to fall by 1.1% in 2012 and fall by 0.2% pa to 709,000 jobs (1.7% of total employment) in 2022.

EMPLOYMENT: TOTAL CONTRIBUTION
In 2011, the total contribution of Travel & Tourism to employment, including jobs indirectly supported by the industry, was 4.9% of total employment (2,002,000 jobs). This is expected to fall by 2.9% in 2012 to 1,944,000 jobs and fall by 0.6% pa to 1,833,000 jobs in 2022 (4.5% of total).

VISITOR EXPORTS
Visitor exports generated EUR 34.8 bn (2.7% of total exports) in 2011. This is forecast to fall by 2.4% in 2012, and grow by 2.3% pa, from 2012-2022, to EUR 42.6 bn in 2022 (2.0% of total).

INVESTMENT
Travel & Tourism investment in 2011 was EUR 19.2 bn, or 4.1% of total investment. It should rise by 1.8% in 2012, and rise by 3.5% pa over the next ten years to EUR 27.7 bn in 2022 (4.4% of total).

_{Source: World Travel & Tourism Council - Travel & Tourism Economic Impact 2012 ^[6]}

Heritage attractions

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

At the moment (2012), there are 37 German heritage sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List. 2 of the cultural and 2 of the natual World Heritag Sites are situated in the Baltic Sea Region:

• Hanseatic City of Lübeck (cultural)
• Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar (cultural)
• Ancient Beech Forests of Germany (natural)
• The Wadden Sea (natural)

The remaining World Heritage Sites are situated outside the BSR.
Click here to access the official UNESCO website for Germany.

BASTIS Heritage Sites

At the moment (Dec. 2012), the users of BASTIS have entered 2 German heritage attractions into BASTIS:

• Bad Doberan Abbey Church (Church)
• Viking Museum Haithabu (Museum)

Please be aware that all this information (number and selection of attractions, content of the profiles) is solely in the resposibility of the authors who contributed this information to BASTIS.

Miscellaneous

• Tourism intensity - information can be found e.g. at the Eurostat database
• Employment in tourism - information can be found e.g. at the Eurostat database
• Travel&tourism competitiveness report 2011 of the World Economic Forum

References

1. ↑ Eurostat database 2011 [1]
2. ↑ TourMIS database 2011 [2]
3. ↑ Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland [3]
4. ↑ Deutsche Zentrale für Tourismus [4]
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} European Commission: Flash Eurobarometer 334, March 2012: Survey on the attitudes of Europeans towards tourism [5]
6. ↑ World Travel & Tourism Council - Travel & Tourism Economic Impact 2012 [6]