The figures show that Eisenach, Erfurt, Jena and Weimar pulled the most weight, but regions like the Thüringer Wald, the Harz Mountains, the Thuringian Vogtland and the World Heritage region of Wartburg/Hainich are also gaining in popularity. In 2014 there were around 248,000 visitors from abroad (+ 5.7 percent), most of whom came from The Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria and Poland. The 41st German Travel Mart, to be held at the end of April, will put more wind in tourism’s wings when 600 travel wholesalers from 45 different countries, with a pack of foreign journalists in tow, take themselves to Erfurt in order to take Thuringia to the world. (td/maa)
