Tourism in eastern Germany is almost back to pre-coronavirus pandemic levels. The number of commercial overnight stays in Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Thuringia amounted to 85.8 million in 2024 - 1.4 percent more than in the previous year, according to the East German Savings Banks Association (OSV). This is around two million below the record year of 2019. Nationwide, the pre-corona figure was just exceeded.
According to the OSV, all five federal states exceeded the previous year's demand level. Cities were the main growth drivers (+3.7%). The Baltic Sea coast also picked up again with an increase of 2.5 percent, according to the OSV Tourism Barometer. This means that classic travel patterns have returned.
