Country Reports articles from March 2002

Country Reports archives from March 2002

Czech republic.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... The Czech Republic was the quickest of the central European countries to build up a thriving tourist trade in the 1990s aided by the relatively smooth transition to democracy of the Velvet Revolution in 1989 and the active encouragement of...

Denmark.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... The trend in Denmark's tourism business over the last three years has been at best sluggish. As measured by overnights, domestic tourism has been steady, whilst incoming tourism (58% of the total) has declined, primarily due to a rather abrupt...

Germany.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... The German tourism market has rebounded strongly over the last several years due to stronger economic growth domestically and throughout Europe. Arrivals and overnights reached all-time highs successively in 1999 and 2000. Foreign tourism...

Greece.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... In 2000, Greece welcomed 12.5 million visitors, 2 million more people than its entire population. As a destination, it ranked 15th in the world, but it was the 10th top earner; garnering US$9.2 billion in tourism revenues. The principal venues...

The Netherlands.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... The Netherlands is primarily a short-holiday destination and it enjoys success in two distinct markets - the motoring holiday and the city break. That English and German are widely spoken in the Netherlands is of great reassurance to its three...

Scotland.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... Following years of steady growth in the early and mid 1990s, international arrivals to Scotland slumped in 1999 and declined by a further 6.7% in 2000. The key problem is attracting visitors from the key western European markets (Germany,...