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ITB in Berlin - Tourism in Germany fares well despite crisis

March 10, 2010

As the world's biggest travel trade fair, the ITB, opened its doors in Berlin, Germany was upbeat. The country's tourism industry managed to sail through the financial crisis in 2009 relatively unscathed.

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