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In Germany 314.1 million overnight stays were made at collective accommodation establishments during the year 2009. Compared to 2008, this means a decrease by 3.0%. Most overnight stays at collective accommodation establishments in Germany were made by Germans, 260.0 million overnight stays or 83% during 2009. The number of overnight stays in 2009 made by people living outside Germany were 54.1 million. Netherlands, Switzerland, the USA and the United Kingkom are the largest foreign markets and stand for 40% foreign overnight stays. Northern America is the biggest market outside Europe with 4.8 million overnight stays. Asia stands for 4.4 million overnight stays during the year 2009.

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 Interest in Germany as a Holiday destination 3.1 Total interest for Germany as main holiday destination 2010 3.2 Nature holiday: Interest for Germany as main holiday destination 2010 3.3 Cultural holiday: Interest for Germany as main holiday destination 2010 4 Miscellaneous 5 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.

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Arrivals

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

• Arrivals by kind of accommodation 2009:

102.0 million hotels and similar (80%)

7.0 million tourist campsites (5%)

18.5 million other collective accommodation (15%)

• Domestic/international arrivals 2009:

103.4 million domestic arrivals (81%)

24.1 million international arrivals (19%):

15% Netherlands

8% US

8% Switzerland

7% UK

6% Italy

5% France

5% Austria

5% Denmark

4% Belgium

3% Sweden

3% Spain

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Overnights

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
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
Overnight stays development compared to previous year	+15.6%	+1.5%	+2.1%	-9.7%	+2.1%	-3.0%

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.

• Overnight stays by kind of accommodation 2009:

216.2 million hotels and similar (69%)

25.1 million tourist campsites (8%)

72.8 million other collective accommodation (23%)

• Domestic/international overnight stays 2009:

260.0 million domestic overnight stays (83%)

54.1 million international overnight stays (17%):

18% Netherlands

8% US

7% Switzerland

7% UK

6% Italy

5% Belgium

5% Austria

5% France

4% Denmark

3% Spain

3% Sweden

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

• Seasonality overnight stays 2009

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

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

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

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

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.

• Regional distribution of overnight stays 2009

	NUTS-Code	Overnight stays 2009	Market share
Baden-Württemberg	DE1	34.4 million	11%
Bayern	DE2	65.0 million	21%
Berlin	DE3	18.8 million	6%
Brandenburg	DE4	8.5 million	3%
Bremen	DE5	1.6 million	1%
Hamburg	DE6	8.2 million	3%
Hessen	DE7	21.5 million	7%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	DE8	25.3 million	8%
Niedersachsen	DE9	32.6 million	10%
Nordrhein-Westfalen	DEA	32.0 million	10%
Rheinland-Pfalz	DEB	17.2 million	5%
Saarland	DEC	1.3 million	0%
Sachsen	DED	13.6 million	4%
Sachsen-Anhalt	DEE	5.7 million	2%
Schleswig-Holstein	DEF	21.0 million	7%
Thüringen	DEG	7.3 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.

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Length of stay

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
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

• Average length of stay by kind of accommodation 2009:

2.12 nights hotels and similar

3.58 nights tourist campsites

3.93 nights other collective accommodation

• Average length of stay by domestic/international travellers 2009:

2.51 nights domestic travellers

2.24 nights international travellers

Accommodation Capacities

Number of collective tourism establishments

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

• Number of collective tourism establishments by kind of accommodation 2009:

35,814 hotels and similar establishments (67%)

2,806 tourist campsites (5%)

14,559 other collective accommodation (27%)

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Bedplaces in collective tourism establishments

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
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
Capacitiy development (beds) compared to previous year	+5.4%	+1.0%	+0.1%	-3.6%	+1.9%	-1.2%

• Number of bedplaces in collective tourism establishments by kind of accommodation 2009:

1,694,000 bedplaces in hotels and similar (52%)

855,000 bedplaces in tourist campsites (26%)

682,000 bedplaces in other collective accommodation (21%)

• Regional distribution of tourism capacities (beds) 2009

	NUTS-Code	Tourism capacities 2009	Market share
Baden-Württemberg	DE1	357,000 bedplaces	11%
Bayern	DE2	650,000 bedplaces	20%
Berlin	DE3	108,000 bedplaces	3%
Brandenburg	DE4	116,000 bedplaces	4%
Bremen	DE5	11,000 bedplaces	0%
Hamburg	DE6	43,000 bedplaces	1%
Hessen	DE7	223,000 bedplaces	7%
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	DE8	268,000 bedplaces	8%
Niedersachsen	DE9	362,000 bedplaces	11%
Nordrhein-Westfalen	DEA	305,000 bedplaces	9%
Rheinland-Pfalz	DEB	219,000 bedplaces	7%
Saarland	DEC	18,000 bedplaces	0%
Sachsen	DED	135,000 bedplaces	4%
Sachsen-Anhalt	DEE	70,000 bedplaces	2%
Schleswig-Holstein	DEF	244,000 bedplaces	8%
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
Average number of bedplaces per collective accommodation establishments	60 beds	60 beds	61 beds	60 beds	61 beds	61 beds
Capacity development (beds) compared to previous year	+5.1%	+0.9%	+1.1%	-1.7%	+1.5%	+0.2%

• Average size of collective tourism establishments by kind of accommodation 2009:

hotels and similar: 47 bedplaces

tourist campsites: 305 bedplaces

other collective accommodation: 47 bedplaces

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Utilisation of bedplaces (hotels and similar)

2009	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
Net use of bedplaces	24.8%	29.4%	29.6%	32.7%	39.8%	39.4%	42.9%	44.3%	44.6%	39.9%	30.1%	29.1%
Gross use of bedplaces	24.3%	29.2%	29.4%	32.6%	39.7%	39.4%	42.8%	44.2%	44.5%	39.7%	29.8%	28.6%

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

Interest in Germany as a Holiday destination

Based on the Flash Eurobarometer 291^[5] of March 2010 we can identify the interest for their main holiday destination 2010 of the 422 million citizens aged 15+ years in the 27 EU member states (EU27).

Total interest for Germany as main holiday destination 2010

5.6% (23.6 million) of all EU27 citizens are interested in Germany as their main holiday destination 2010

84% Germany

3% Netherlands

2% Italy

2% Estonia

2% Poland

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Nature holiday: Interest for Germany as main holiday destination 2010

• The Flash Eurobarometer 291 identifies 32.1% (135.5 million) of all EU27 citizens for whom "the environment" has the major influence on their choice of destination:

9.0% (12.2 million) of the EU27 environment as major destination choice criteria are interested in Germany as their main holiday destination 2010. [EU27: 5.6%] Upside down this means: For 51.7% of the 23.6 million EU27 citizens interested in Germany "the environment" has the major influence on their choice of destination [EU27: 32.1%]

• The Flash Eurobarometer 291 identifies 4.1% (17.1 million) of all EU27 citizens whose major motivation for their main holiday 2009 was "nature":

14.9% (2.6 million) of the EU27 nature motivated are interested in Germany as their main holiday destination 2010. [EU27: 5.6%] Upside down this means: For 10.9% of the 23.6 million EU27 citizens interested in Germany the major motivation for their main holiday 2009 was "nature" [EU27: 4.1%]

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Cultural holiday: Interest for Germany as main holiday destination 2010

• The Flash Eurobarometer 291 identifies 25.0% (105.4 million) of all EU27 citizens for whom "cultural heritage" has the major influence on their choice of destination:

5.1% (5.3 million) of the EU27 cultural heritage as major destination choice criteria are interested in Germany as their main holiday destination 2010. [EU27: 5.6%] Upside down this means: For 22.7% of the 23.6 million EU27 citizens interested in Germany "cultural heritage" has the major influence on their choice of destination [EU27: 25.0%]

• The Flash Eurobarometer 291 identifies 3.9% (16.5 million) of all EU27 citizens whose major motivation for their main holiday 2009 was "culture/religion":

6.3% (1.0 million) of the EU27 culture/religion motivated are interested in Germany as their main holiday destination 2010. [EU27: 5.6%] Upside down this means: For 4.4% of the 23.6 million EU27 citizens interested in Germany the major motivation for their main holiday 2009 was "culture/religion" [EU27: 3.9%]

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
• Tourism economic figures: tourism consumption/ share of GDP - information can be found e.g. at the WTTC
• Travel&tourism competitiveness report 2009 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. ↑ European Commission: Flash Eurobarometer 291, March 2010: Survey on the attitudes of Europeans towards tourism [5]