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Berlin has emerged as the 3rd most popular tourist destination in Europe behind Paris and London.  Despite this Berlin suffered a slump in domestic visitors last year. Interestingly 61% of Berlin’s visitors are from within Germany.

There is no sign of visitor’s numbers dropping from other European countries. The number of visitors from within Europe is continuing to rise while the number of Asian visitors has dropped by 20%

Mr. P Nerger from Berlin Tourismus Marketing has accounted for the domestic slump by pointing to the lack of major events in Berlin recently. He said events such as the world cup had accounted for large visitor numbers in recent years.

He expects 2009 to be a different story with the athletics world championships and the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall set to take place.