Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Tourism - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,2, , language: English, abstract: The aim of this seminar paper is to examine quantitative aspects of the German inbound and outbound tourism and to deal with trends affecting the tourism industry. The author mainly concentrates on the follow questions: - How does the German inbound tourism look like and how does it influence German economy?; - How does the German outbound tourism look like and which are the main kinds of transport Germans use to travel?; - What are the main trends affecting German tourism customers, products and marketing?

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