Germany

Visitor characteristics

Business visitors are more than three times as likely to be male than female
More than three in five of holiday visitors are making a repeat visit to Britain (excluding British expats, within ten years)
Virtually all holiday and business visitors are German but 17% of visiting friends and relations (VFR) visitors are British nationals
96% of departing Germans are either ‘likely’ or ‘extremely’ likely to recommend a visit to Britain

Popular activities

Sightseeing of Famous Buildings/ Monuments

Visited a Pub

Went Shopping

Global context

Measure	2018
International tourism expenditure (US$bn)	94.2
Global rank for international tourism expenditure	3
Number of outbound overnight visits (m)	114.3
Most visited destination	Austria

Key demographic and economic data

Measure	2018
Population (m)	82.9
GDP per capita PPP (US$)	49,876
Annual average GDP growth over past decade (%)	1.3
Annual average GDP growth in the past year (%)	1.5

Germany Market Profile (PDF, 4.11MB)

visitbritain_marketprofile_germany_august_2019.pdf

Germany Market Snapshot (PDF, 522KB)

germany_fact_sheet_july_2019.pdf

Germany Aviation Profile (PDF, 736KB)

germany_aviation_profile_20190613.pdf

Find out where visitors from Germany reside in their own country (Excel, 212KB, Published 2007, 2010 and 2015)

annual_states_of_residence_2018_for_web.xlsx

Find out which perceptions of Britain act as a barrier to exploring beyond London (PDF, 904KB, Published July 2013)

2013-7 ‘Beyond London’ Research_6.pdf

Learn more about the role culture and heritage play for German visitors (PDF, 2.37MB, Published 2014)

foresight_134_-_leveraging_our_culture_and_heritage.pdf

Learn more about the role of social media in the context of holidays (PDF, 3.08MB, Published 2015)

foresight_142_-_november_2015_social_media_v3.pdf

Read about the preferences of Europeans towards tourism (PDF, 1.65MB, Published March 2015)

2015-3 Preferences of Europeans towards tourism_21.pdf

Exchange rate

1 GBP = 1.1852 EUR

As of 24 January 2020

Retrieved from the Bank of England

Inbound visits to Britain from Germany

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What Germans think about Britain

Germans rate the UK highly for culture in general, contemporary culture, sports, cultural and built heritage, and vibrant cities, but less so for scenic natural beauty and welcome, rated 31st and 21st out of fifty nations respectively on these two attributes in 2019
Music and museums are the cultural products or services most strongly associated with the UK among Germans
A trip to the UK would be expected to be ‘educational’ and to equal measure ‘exciting’ and 'fascinating'
Australia and to a lesser extent the USA are the destinations that Germans consider the ‘best place’ for delivering the things they most want from a holiday destination
Areas of strength for Britain include being somewhere to see ‘famous sites’ and for ‘lots of history’, while very few consider Britain is the ‘best place' for ‘food and drink’
Activities that appeal to potential visitors from Germany include 'driving through the countryside in England', 'visiting Madame Tussauds', 'spotting wildlife in the Scottish Highlands', 'sharing stories over a pint with locals in a cosy rural pub' and 'going hiking on the South West coast'

Caring for visitors

Very few German visitors expect their British hosts to speak German, with the majority of younger Germans speaking English
German visitors are likely to have planned their itinerary in some detail, but younger visitors may be more spontaneous, but all will welcome local recommendations for things to do and see
Germans often try to find accommodation that has ‘character’
German vegetarians are often impressed by the range of choices on offer in Britain

The leisure & travel trade

The German travel market is very mature, there are a few big players dominating the market but also a fair number of small specialist operators with comprehensive Britain programmes
Although in Germany retail agencies are still more important than in other European countries they are now also increasingly facing competition from internet travel portals
Large tour operators research their main season programmes between April and June, with off-season/city break operators doing their research in March and April

Access to Britain from Germany

Measure	2018
Weekly aircraft departures	1,278
Weekly seat capacity	185,655
Airports with direct routes in Germany	21
Airports with direct routes in Britain	23

Most Germans travel to Britain by plane. The destination can also be accessed by direct coach services, by car through the Channel Tunnel, by ferry or by a simple change of train in Brussels or Paris
Monthly airline seat capacity from Germany to Britain increased to more than 800,000 in 2018
Many airlines operate flights from Germany to Britain with Lufthansa and British Airways being the largest carriers
German visitors flying home from Britain pay £13 in Air Passenger Duty

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What Germans think about Britain

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Access to Britain from Germany

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