Hamburg sees tourism sector boom

HAMBURG'S tourism sector has been booming for several years and has turned the city into the most successful tourist hotspot in #Germany. 

Over the past 10 years, the number of overnight stays in #Hamburg has more than doubled, and record numbers have been achieved every year for the past 15 years. A total of 6.6 million guests generated 13.3 million overnight stays in Hamburg in 2016, which corresponds to an increase of 5.5 percent compared with the same period of the previous year.

The majority of international overnight guests came from: 

• Denmark (396,000, an increase of 7.8 percent
• Switzerland came second, with 340,000 overnight stays, an increase of 10 percent. 
• The UK showed a positive development with a growth rate of 8.5 percent.
• United States (+6 percent) and 
• China (+30.7 percent)

All of which will help position Hamburg as a top ten European tourist destination.

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