Total tourism demand consists of all expenditures by all types of visitors on trips in Germany. This includes all expenditures during all trips as well as all expendi-
tures which are directly related to these trips (→ Box 2). Tourism expenditures are then divided into different product categories. These include tourism-characteris-
tic products4 (such as food and beverage serving servic-
es, accommodation services, air passenger transport services or motor caravans) as well as all other goods and services (such as apparel, telecommunication or insurance services).5 The main focus of this report will be on the expenditures on tourism-characteristic goods and services.