Saturday, May 25, 2024 A study by the WTTC says that the travel and tourism sector in Germany lags behind its European counterparts. This year’s World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Economic Impact Research (EIR) has shown a considerably sluggish retrieval of the travel and tourism segment in Germany equated to other important European destinations. Data reveals that domestic tourism is supporting this division in Germany; however, global travel expenditure in Germany is beneath the levels before the pandemic.
Contrasting to several neighboring countries, the travel and tourism sector in Germany has not improved till now to pre-pandemic standards taking into account its contribution to GDP, employments and expenditure by global visitors. Consistent with the global tourism association’s newest study, the sector’s impact to German GDP went up to just more than €453 billion last year, marking €13.5 billion lesser than 2019 levels.
Occupation statistics in the travel and tourism division increased 5% to 6.18 million; however, they were still nearly 250,000 lower than 2019 levels. Worldwide visitor expenditure in 2023 was more than 25% lower than 2019 levels with €14 billion being less spent by global visitors equated to 2019.
Nevertheless, domestic visitor expenditure entirely recuperated in 2023, being €2.9 billion exceeding 2019 levels, indicating that domestic visitors have headed the path to the recovery after the pandemic. Julia Simpson, the President and the .