Dresden is returning to pre-coronavirus pandemic tourist numbers. With 5.7 million overnight stays and 2.6 million arrivals, the city has almost reached the level of the record year 2019, according to Dresden Marketing GmbH (DMG). The 250th anniversary of the birth of the painter Caspar David Friedrich, major events and an increase in business travel had ensured growth.
Most foreign tourists to Dresden come from Poland
84 percent of visitors to Dresden and the Elbland region come from within Germany, it said. As in 2023, most tourists from abroad came from Poland. They were followed by tourists from the USA, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The major concerts by Rammstein, AC/DC and Roland Kaiser, for example, proved to be a driver for tourism. Room occupancy here was almost 100 percent.
