Tourism: Berlin goes straight to the point

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Published on 14/09/15 - Updated on 29/06/23

Stade Olympique de Berlin

Since it hosted the Champions League in June, the German capital has revealed the good results of its tourism for the first six months of the year 2015. Arrivals are up by 4.9% on the period.











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With Germany aiming for 80 million nights by 2020, Berlin will not stay in the sidelines and expects strong growth. The German capital has already received more than 5.8 million tourists in the first semester 2015, or 4.9% more than last year. The number of nights realized in the city's properties is thus 13.8 million, a 4.8% increase over last year. As far as concerns foreign visitors, growth in total nights is 8.5%.

"Our results are good, particularly in terms of Asian and Brazilian clientèle. We have never hosted as many visitors from these countries as in the first semester of the year," declared Burkhard Kieder, CEO VisitBerlin. Growth in arrivals could be observed by the Chinese (+30%), Israeli (+24.7%), South Korean (44.6%) and Brazilian (+27.7%) source markets.

With the increased presence of foreign tourists, Berlin's hotels also did well in the first months of 2015, as data published by MKG Hospitality show. Between January and July the sector increased its occupancy rate by 2.7 points and its average daily rate by 6.5%, for 9% growth in the Revenue per available room (RevPAR). Tourism activity in the capital was particularly dynamic in June with 15.5% improvement in nights on the period, this strong dynamic is driven by the Champions League final as well as other events.

"Berlin has once again beat its occupancy record in the first half of 2015. Berlin remains among the cities worldwide that post strong growth for their tourism industry, particularly as far as concerns foreign clientèle. It shows that we were able to position Germany's capital as an international tourist destination, and improve its appeal on new markets," declared Cornelia Yzer, Berlin's Senator for Economics, Technology and Research.



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