Editing Economy of Germany (section)

===Services===
{{See also|Tourism in Germany}}
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In 2017 services constituted 68.6% of gross domestic product (GDP), and the sector employed 74.3% of the workforce.<ref name="CIA"/> The subcomponents of services are financial, renting, and business activities (30.5%); trade, hotels and restaurants, and transport (18%); and other service activities (21.7%).

Germany is the seventh most visited country in the world,<ref name="april11">{{cite journal|url=http://www.unwto.org/facts/eng/pdf/barometer/UNWTO_Barom11_iu_april_excerpt.pdf |title=Interim Update |journal=UNWTO World Tourism Barometer |access-date=26 June 2011 |publisher=UNWTO |date=April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101005051/http://www.unwto.org/facts/eng/pdf/barometer/UNWTO_Barom11_iu_april_excerpt.pdf |archive-date=1 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dtxtq4w60xqpw.cloudfront.net/sites/all/files/pdf/final_annual_report_pdf_3.pdf |title=UNWTO Annual Report 2010 |publisher=[[World Tourism Organization|UNWTO]]|year=2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611081149/http://dtxtq4w60xqpw.cloudfront.net/sites/all/files/pdf/final_annual_report_pdf_3.pdf |archive-date=11 June 2014}}</ref> with a total of 407 million overnights during 2012.<ref name="deutschertourismusverband">[http://www.deutschertourismusverband.de/fileadmin/Mediendatenbank/PDFs/Zahlen_Daten_Fakten_2012_aktuell.pdf Zahlen Daten Fakten 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101015058/http://www.deutschertourismusverband.de/fileadmin/Mediendatenbank/PDFs/Zahlen_Daten_Fakten_2012_aktuell.pdf |date=1 January 2015 }} (in German), German National Tourist Board</ref> This number includes 68.83 million nights by foreign visitors. In 2012, over 30.4 million international tourists arrived in Germany. [[Berlin]] has become the third most visited city destination in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dtxtq4w60xqpw.cloudfront.net/sites/all/files/pdf/unwto_highlights14_en.pdf |title=Tourism Highlights 2014 edition |publisher=UNWTO |access-date=26 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214004935/http://dtxtq4w60xqpw.cloudfront.net/sites/all/files/pdf/unwto_highlights14_en.pdf |archive-date=14 February 2015}}</ref> Additionally, more than 30% of Germans spend their holiday in their own country, with the biggest share going to [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]]. Domestic and international travel and tourism combined directly contribute over EUR43.2 billion to German GDP. Including indirect and induced impacts, the industry contributes 4.5% of German GDP and supports 2 million jobs (4.8% of total employment).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wttc.org/site_media/uploads/downloads/germany2013_1.pdf |title=2013 Travel & Tourism Economic Impact Report Germany |publisher=WTTC |access-date=26 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001157/http://wttc.org/site_media/uploads/downloads/germany2013_1.pdf |archive-date=3 December 2013}}</ref> The largest annual international trade fairs and congresses are held in several German cities such as Hannover, Frankfurt, and Berlin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.german-renewable-energy.com/Renewables/Navigation/Englisch/wind-power.html |title=Wind Power |access-date=2011-03-27 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210163253/http://www.german-renewable-energy.com/Renewables/Navigation/Englisch/wind-power.html |archive-date=10 December 2006}} Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Germany) Retrieved 30 November 2006.</ref>