Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy

TOURISM IN BAVARIADATA – FACTS – FIGURES 2020

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In 2019 the Bavarian tourism industry reported its tenth record year in a row. Clear evidence of this is provided in this brochure. Close to 101 million overnight stays and over 40 million guest arrivals is something we can be truly proud of! The coronavirus pandemic we are experiencing this year is a painful reminder that such fig-ures are by no means a matter of course. It has hit the Bavarian tourism sector with full force. The Bavarian State Government is doing everything in its power to cushion the impact as much as possible. We nev-ertheless remain confident that Bavarian tourism will overcome this crisis. Tourism in Bavaria is not just set on breaking new records: it brings people together and offers our guests from all over the world a feeling of home, tradition and open-mind-edness.

Hubert AiwangerBavarian State Minister of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy

Roland WeigertState Secretary in the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy

01 Bavaria and its population

02 Tourism in Bavaria

Supply & Demand

03 Tourist board assocations

2.5 DAYSis the average stay of guests in Bavaria

BAVARIA AND ITS POPULATION01

14 %Swabia

25 %Upper Bavaria

15 %Lower Bavaria

14 %Upper Palatinate

10 %Upper Franconia

12 %Lower Franconia

10 %Middle Franconia

70,550 km² Total area

13.0 million* Population

185per km2

Administrative districts

46.4 % Agricultural land

35.3 % Wooded areas

* as of November 2019

>1,6002,962 mhighest elevation in Bavaria and in Germany

lakes and groups of lakes (not under 3 hectares in size)

largest lake (79.9 km²)

CHIEMSEE

ZUGSPITZE

19 NATURE PARKS

BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARKBERCHTESGADEN ALPINE & NATIONAL PARK

26,124 km²

26.3 %

37.0 %

of Bavaria’s state territory

of the total land area of Germany’s Nature Parks

Cultural attractions

Bavaria has a rich cultural heritage such as historic towns, monuments, churches and around 45 state owned castles, residences with over 5.2 million visitors in 2019.

It also prides a broad cultural offer, includ-ing numerous theatres, opera houses and around 1,250 collections and museums that attracted around 19 million visitors in 2019.

5.2 million

19.0 million

TOURISM IN BAVARIA02

Economic factor

Tourists spend about 34 billion euros in Bavaria every year.

The income of almost 600,000 people living in Bavaria relies entirely on tourism.

� 20.0 % is Bavaria’s share of value added in Germany created by tourism

34 billion

overnight stays on 454

statistically recorded campsites

with approx. 38,000 parking spaces

SUPPLY

475,000 6.4 million19.0 billion €

establishments in the hospitality industry

employees

revenue (approx.)

43,833

HOLIDAY ON THE FARMabout 4,000 establishments with

about 50,000 beds

Listed tourist resorts

Exceptionally high quality requirements are met by 374 state-recognised health and holiday resorts. Of these

2019

are spas 1 21

state-owned spas 1 5

Kneipp spas 5

Schroth spas 1

curative climatic spas 2 13

Kneipp health resorts 3

climatic health resorts 81

holiday resorts 236

mineral and moor spas 9

374

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SUPPLY Accommodation capacity

12,125 accommodation establishments with 10 or more beds (incl. campsites) � 23.7 % of Germany’s total

600,071 guest beds (not incl. campsites) � 21.4 % of Germany’s total

41.7 %Hotel

15.1 %B&B hotel

Guesthouses

12.2 %

Pension5.9 %

5.8 %

11.3 %

8.0 %

Holiday homes and flats

othersRecreation centres, school retreat and training centres

600,071Guest beds

DEMAND Guest arrivals 2018

40 million guest arrivals in establishments with 10 or more beds (incl. campsites) � 21 % of Germany’s total

In addition, there are some 1.5 million guest arrivals in establishments with less than 10 beds in quality-graded tourist resorts

5.03.52.5 5.4

40.8 %other

countries

9.7 %USA

9.7 %Austria

9.1 %

7.6 %

6.7 %

Netherlands

Switzerland

Italy

United KingdomChinaFrance

United Arab Emirates

10 millionGuests from abroad

Overnight stays 2019

101 million overnight stays in establish-ments with 10 or more beds (incl. camp-sites), of these 20.7 % from abroad.

� 20.4 % of Germany’s total

101 million

of these ...

43.6 million

22.9 million

17.8 million

17.2 million

in Upper Bavaria

in East Bavaria (Lower Bavaria,

Upper Palatinate)

in Franconia

in Swabia

70.4 million

30.5 million

in the 71 Bavarian counties

in 25 Bavarian towns

53.2 million

12.4 million

12.0 million

11.3 million9.3 million

2.6 mill.

mineral- and moor spas

other communities

climatic health resorts

holiday resorts

curative climatic health resorts

Kneipp health resorts

63.2 million

37.7 million

rural areas

urban areas

Length of stay of the guests (on average)

46.5 % Bed occupancy (on average)

2.5 DAYS

TOURIST BOARD ASSOCIATIONS03

BAYERN TOURISMUS Marketing GmbH

Arabellastraße 17 / D-81925 München Tel. 089 212397-0 / Fax 089 212397-99 tourismus@bayern.info

Tourist Board of Allgäu/ Bavarian Swabia

Schießgrabenstraße 14 / D-86150 Augsburg Tel. 0821 450401-0 / Fax 0821 450401-20 info@tvabs.de

Tourist Board of Franconia

Pretzfelder Straße 15 / D-90425 Nürnberg Tel. 0911 94151-0 / Fax 0911 94151-10 info@frankentourismus.de

Tourist Board of Upper Bavaria-Munich

Prinzregentenstraße 15 / D-81675 München Tel. 089 63895879-0 / Fax 089 63895879-19 info@oberbayern.de

Tourist Board of East Bavaria

Im Gewerbepark D 02/D 04 D-93059 Regensburg Tel. 0941 58539-0 / Fax 0941 58539-39 info@ostbayern-tourismus.de

Bayerischer Heibäder- verband e. V. (Assoc. of Bavarian spas)

Rathausstraße 6-8 / D-94072 Bad Füssing Tel. 08531 975-590 / Fax 08531 21-367 gs@bayerischer-heilbaeder-verband.de

Bayerischer Hotel- und Gaststättenverband DEHOGA Bayern e. V. (Assoc. of the Bavarian hospitality industry)

Prinz-Ludwig-Palais Türkenstraße 7 / D-80333 München Tel. 089 28760-0 / Fax 089 28760-111 info@dehoga-bayern.de

Landesverband Bauernhof- und Land- urlaub Bayern e. V. (Bavarian assoc. for farm and country holidays)

Max-Joseph-Straße 7a / D-80333 München Tel. 089 558736-70 / Fax 089 558736-80 info@bauernhof-urlaub.com

Landesverband der Campingwirtschaft in Bayern e. V. (Bavarian camping industry assoc.)

Im Tal 13 / D-91278 Pottenstein Tel. 09242 1788 / Fax 09242 1040 info@camping-in-bayern.info

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1 / In the survey Bad Brückenau was counted both as a health spa and as a state-owned spa. It is therefore listed twice.

2 / The market town of Berchtesgaden, the municipality of Bischofswi-esen, the market town of Marktschellenberg, the market town of Ramsau b. Berchtesgaden and the municipality of Schönau a. Königsee, all belong - ing to Berchetesgadener Land Tourist Association, have been recognised as one curative climatic health resort.

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April 2020

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