Germany tourism offer is mainly focussed on cultural themes, to this end many successful initiatives have been launched (e.g. “The Eichsfeld regional strategy”12). Under this strategy several projects have launched in May 2004 and supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research etc.) but also to develop an integrative coastal defence concept for the lowlands striving for a solution which protects human lives and human assets (e.g. ICZM Implementation in the Bay of Lübeck Project referred to two municipalities located at the Bay of Lübeck along the western coast of the Baltic Sea, who were strongly dependent on the beach as main touristic attraction).