Berlin has closed three of "attractive" prize

Over the past year in Berlin, was recorded 20 million tourist nights. Thus the popularity Berlin beat Rome (18.6 million overnight stays), finishing third after London and Paris among the most attractive tourist capitals of Europe, according to Welt.

"This is a huge success," - said the Mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit. In order to get their first 10 million tourist nights per year, Berlin took 55 years, but the increase in this figure to 20 million comes just over a decade.

Nevertheless, the catch in the coming years, London (45 million tourist nights) and Paris (33.9 million overnight stays) Berlin is unlikely. On the figure of 30 million overnight stays German capital expects to leave no earlier than 2020.It is noted that Berlin has managed to increase the number of tourists due to "low" tourist season (late autumn - winter). "We asked ourselves why so many people for pre-Christmas shopping to fly to New York, while at Berlin's Christmas markets, they can not get less fun?" - Said Wowereit.As a result, authorities have launched a separate program "Winter Magic" (Winterzauber), specifically targeted at attracting tourists in November and December. It is noted that almost half of the 20 million tourist nights in Berlin in 2010, fell on the German tourists. Among foreign tourists Berlin is particularly popular with Italians, Britons, Spaniards and Americans.