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Israeli tourism to Germany up 14%
With 869,343 overnight stays by Israeli tourists in 2014, Jewish state is sixth source market for Germany among countries outside Europe.
Data released by the German National Tourist Board on tourists' overnight stays in the country in 2014 place Israel as the sixth source market for Germany among all countries outside Europe.
Out of all the Israelis' stays, 46% were in Berlin. A breakdown of the average number of nights a tourist spends in the German capital places the Israeli tourist in the first spot with at least three overnight stays in Berlin. Other tourists, from countries outside Europe, spend an average of only two nights in the city.
According to the figures, which were published ahead of ITB Berlin, the world's largest tourism trade fair which opened Tuesday, 2014 recorded 869,343 overnight stays by Israeli tourists in Germany – a 14% increase from 2013.
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The ITB tourism fair. Out of all Israelis' overnight stays in Germany, 46% were in Berlin (Photo: ITB)
The German National Tourist Board's figures show that the United States is the top course market for Germany among countries outside Europe with 5,160,877 overnight stays by American tourists, followed by China with 2,032,846 stays, the Gulf states with 1,862,103 stays, Eastern Asian countries with 1,362,924 stays and Japan with 1,255,181 stays.
A total of 424 million overnight stays were recorded in hotels across Germany in 2014. For the sake of comparison, the number of overnight stays in Israel last year (by both foreign and domestic tourists) was 22.2 million.
Out of the total number of overnight stays in Germany, 82% were of domestic tourists. The highest number of foreign tourists came from Holland, followed by Switzerland, the US, England and Italy.
