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Facts and trends of Coach Tourism
Facts of German Coach Market
Company characteristics
- Private coach companies: 4,500
- Employees in coach companies: 140,000
Coach travel – economic factors:
- Turnover: € 6.5 billion
- Public coach transport: € 1.4 billion
- Coach holiday travel: € 5.1 billion
- Jobs dependent on coach holiday travel: 220,000
Bruttoumsätze durch Bustourimus in Deutschland
Gesamt: 10.496,3 Mio. Euro
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- Touristische Nutzung des Linienverkehrs: 727,0 Mio. Euro
- Pauschalpreis bei Bustouristen im Gelegenheitsverkehr: 6.379,2 Mio. Euro
- Zusatzausgaben bei Busreisen im Zielgebiet: 2.604,6 Mio. Euro
- Ausgaben für Reisevor- und -nachbereitung bei Busreisen: 348,8 Mio. Euro
- Transferkosten zum Abfahrtsort des Busses: 436,7 Mio. Euro
Core tourism - market volume:
- Coach holidays (over 5 days duration): 5.6 million
- Short holidays by coach (2 - 4 days duration): 12 - 15 million
- Occasional travel (day trips, class trips, outings): 70 million
- other holidays with bus: 19.4 million
Coach holidaymakers:
- Percentage 60 years and older: 58.8 %
- Percentage 14 - 29 years: 15.6 %
- Average age: 55.7 years
Market and offers development:
- Travel programmes are becoming more flexible with a loosening up of schedules and content density
- Coach holiday travel duration is being optimized by the inclusion of air transport
- Offers are becoming increasingly customer group specific
- Demand for combined offers such as coach-cruise trips is relatively stable
- City and round trips are enjoying strong demand
The RDA has detailed data on coach tourism in Germany. We are happy to give you advice.
Source
Statistisches Bundesamt, Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Berufsgenossenschaft für Verkehr, Europäische Kommission, Reiseanalyse 2011 Forschungsgemeinschaft Urlaub und Reisen, dwif study coach tourism, forecast RDA