Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy

TOURISM IN BAVARIADATA – FACTS – FIGURES 2019

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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

46.9 % Agricultural land

36.4 % Wooded areas

* as of September 2018

>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

23,127 km²

23.3 %

32.8 %

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 5,3 million visitors in 2018.

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 2018.

5.3 million

19.0 million

TOURISM IN BAVARIA02

Economic factor

Tourists spend about 33 billion euros in Bavaria every year.

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

� 20.5 % is Bavaria’s share of value added in Germany created by tourism

33 billion

overnight stays on

around 5,000 farms

overnight stays on 447

statistically recorded campsites

with approx. 38,000 parking spaces

SUPPLY

42,340447,000

12.6 million

6.1 million17.8 billion €

establishments in the hospitality industry

employees

revenue (approx.)

Listed tourist resorts

Exceptionally high quality requirements are met by 372 state-recognised health and holiday resorts. Of these

2018

are spas 1 20

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 235

mineral and moor spas 9

372

6.1 million

1/2 see imprint

41.1 %Hotel

14.9 %B&B hotel

Guesthouses

12.1 %

Pension6.1 %

5.9 %

11.7 %

8.2 %

Holiday homes and flats

othersRecreation centres, school retreat and training centres

584,816Guest beds

Accommodation capacity

12,101 accommodation establishments with 10 or more beds (incl. campsites) � 23.2 % of Germany’s total

584,816 guest beds (not incl. campsites) � 18.8 % of Germany’s total

SUPPLY

5.43.42.6 5.7

40.3 %other

countries

9.6 %USA

9.5 %Austria

9.1 %

7.7 %

6.7 %

Netherlands

Switzerland

Italy

United KingdomChinaFrance

United Arab Emirates

9.9 millionGuests from abroad

Guest arrivals 2018

39.1 million guest arrivals in establishments with 10 or more beds (incl. campsites) � 21.1 % of Germany’s total

In addition, there are some 1.4 million guest arrivals in establishments with less than 10 beds in quality-graded tourist resorts

DEMAND

Overnight stays 2018

98.7 million overnight stays in establish-ments with 10 or more beds (incl. camp-sites), of these 20.8 % from abroad.

� 20.6 % of Germany’s total

42.8 million

21.3 million

17.5 million

17.0 million

in Upper Bavaria

in East Bavaria (Lower Bavaria,

Upper Palatinate)

in Franconia

in Swabia

98.7 million

of these ...

69.6 million

29.1 million

in the 71 Bavarian counties

in 25 Bavarian towns

Bed occupancy (on average)

Length of stay of the guests (on average)

63.4 million

35.3 million

51.4 million

12.3 million

11.9 million

11.1 million9.2 million

2,5 mill.

mineral- and moor spas

other communities

climatic health resorts

holiday resorts

curative climatic health resorts

Kneipp health resorts

rural areas

urban areas

46.5 %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

Balanstraße 57 / D-81541 München Tel. 089 638958-79 / Fax 089 638958-7919 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

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.

Publisher

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May 2019

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