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US -> Germany tourism down by 20%
nobody wrote: BBC has reported that since the start of the US invasion of Iraq, the tourism industry in Germany has seen a drop of 20% in American tourists. Have there been significant cuts in air services between USA and Germany since last year ? yes |
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US -> Germany tourism down by 20%
BBC has reported that since the start of the US invasion of Iraq, the tourism
industry in Germany has seen a drop of 20% in American tourists. Have there been significant cuts in air services between USA and Germany since last year ? |
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US -> Germany tourism down by 20%
nobody schrieb:
BBC has reported that since the start of the US invasion of Iraq, the tourism industry in Germany has seen a drop of 20% in American tourists. The Euro got quite expensive for U.S. tourists. Regards & X-post, ULF |
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US -> Germany tourism down by 20%
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wrote: BBC has reported that since the start of the US invasion of Iraq, the tourism industry in Germany has seen a drop of 20% in American tourists. Have there been significant cuts in air services between USA and Germany since last year ? I don't know, but one reason for the drop in travel from the states to Germany (and other European destinations) might be the lousy exchange rate between the Unted States dollar and the euro. |
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US -> Germany tourism down by 20%
Ulf Kutzner wrote:
nobody schrieb: BBC has reported that since the start of the US invasion of Iraq, the tourism industry in Germany has seen a drop of 20% in American tourists. The Euro got quite expensive for U.S. tourists. Apart from the Iraq war and the expensive euro, something close to 20 % has been the usual annual drop of US tourism to Germany. 2000 to 2001 we had an 18 % drop (see http://www.dzt.de/pdf/marktforschung_03_d.pdf, page 19) and the following year must have been similar. From my point of view, this trend reflects more or less the numbers/percentage of the reduction of US troops in Germany. The realtives and friends of the GIs used to be a certain quantity in the German tourism statistics. We are now thickening the sauce to the real interested travellers. Less, but with higher per capita expenditures. Jens xp & f'up2 rec.travel.europe |
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US -> Germany tourism down by 20%
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BBC has reported that since the start of the US invasion of Iraq, the tourism industry in Germany has seen a drop of 20% in American tourists. Have there been significant cuts in air services between USA and Germany since last year ? I don't believe so... in fact, from my area (Philadelphia, Pa.), Lufthansa has actually ADDED flights to Frankfurt. As another poster said, I'd bet that it's the precipitous fall of the dollar vs. the Euro. My wife and I usually travel to Germany 2x/year, but we're thinking twice about it this spring. We'll probably still go, but just be a lot more careful about spending. |
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US -> Germany tourism down by 20%
Brian Wasson schrieb:
nobody wrote in message ... BBC has reported that since the start of the US invasion of Iraq, the tourism industry in Germany has seen a drop of 20% in American tourists. Have there been significant cuts in air services between USA and Germany since last year ? I don't believe so... in fact, from my area (Philadelphia, Pa.), Lufthansa has actually ADDED flights to Frankfurt. As another poster sure about that LH added flights? isnt it just that the USAIR flight has a codeshare with LH now? |
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US -> Germany tourism down by 20%
Have there been significant cuts in air services between USA and
Germany since last year ? Didn't Lufthansa have some sort of service into Portland (Oregon) that was started a year or two ago but has since been cancelled? |
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US -> Germany tourism down by 20%
Brian Wasson wrote: nobody wrote in message ... BBC has reported that since the start of the US invasion of Iraq, the tourism industry in Germany has seen a drop of 20% in American tourists. Have there been significant cuts in air services between USA and Germany since last year ? I don't believe so... in fact, from my area (Philadelphia, Pa.), Lufthansa has actually ADDED flights to Frankfurt. As another poster said, I'd bet that it's the precipitous fall of the dollar vs. the Euro. Cutting the flights woulnd't decrease the number of people going to Europe, it's the other way around. Flights were cut because of the reduction in people traveling. |
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US -> Germany tourism down by 20%
Ulf Kutzner wrote: nobody schrieb: BBC has reported that since the start of the US invasion of Iraq, the tourism industry in Germany has seen a drop of 20% in American tourists. The Euro got quite expensive for U.S. tourists. Having just returned from three weeks in Europe (Zurich & Vienna), I can certainly vouch for that! The Swiss franc was worth slightly less in dollars, which somewhat offset the hike in the value of the euro, but this last trip cost me considerably more than the previous one! (Not enough to keep me away from Europe, but enough to make my visits less frequent.) |
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