Cities
See also: Metropolitan regions in GermanyIn terms of numbers of overnight stays, travel to the twelve largest cities in Germany more than doubled between 1995 and 2005, the largest increase of any travel destination. This increase mainly arises from growth of cultural tourism, often in conjunction with educational or business travel. Consequently, the provision and supply of more and higher standards of cultural, entertainment, hospitality, gastronomic, and retail services also attract more international guests.
The table below shows the ten most visited cities in Germany in 2009. Other cities and towns with over 1 million nights per year are Hanover, Rostock, Bremen, Cuxhaven, Bonn, Freiburg im Breisgau, Münster, Lübeck, Wiesbaden and Essen.
| Berlin | 17.8m | |||
| Munich | 9.8m | |||
| Hamburg | 7.7m | |||
| Frankfurt am Main | 5.4m | |||
| Cologne | 4.3m | |||
| Düsseldorf | 3.4m | |||
| Dresden | 3.2m | |||
| Stuttgart | 2.7m | |||
| Nuremberg | 2.1m | |||
| Leipzig | 1.9m | |||
| Top ten city destinations in 2009 by number of overnight stays (millions) | ||||
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