The Dresden State Art Collections (SKD) are well on the way to earlier format in terms of response and profitability. In view of the development so far, it is foreseeable that the originally expected number of 1.8 million visits will be exceeded, "we will end up with 2.1 million," said Administrative Director Dirk Burghardt on Tuesday. He therefore also expected generated revenues of 8.7 million euros instead of 7.5 million euros. In view of this development, the SKD are "very confident" to reach pre-Corona levels again in 2024 - with 2.6 million visits, however, 2019 was the previous peak year.
According to him, the share of international guests is also moving back towards the previously usual 50 percent, it is currently at 40 percent, thanks to a strong increase in guests from Poland and the Czech Republic. And also the Zuspruch of individual tourists from the inland and younger public holds. The opening of the palace in the evening, which has led to an increase of 25 percent in the number of visitors, has also had a positive impact. Only the Old Masters Picture Gallery, traditionally a magnet especially for guests from Russia and China, is still having a hard time.
