relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources . june 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message german national tourist board type eingetragener verein industry tourism founded 1948 headquarters frankfurt am main germany key people petra hedorfer chief executive officer armin brysch commercial director number of employees 149 2007 website www.germany tourism.de the german national tourist board abbreviation gntb german deutsche zentrale f r tourismus e.v. dzt is a national marketing organisation and has worked with the federal government of germany to promote tourism in and to germany . it represents germany throughout the world as a destination for holidays business travel and visits to friends and family . the gntb is an eingetragener verein which was founded in 1948 . the head office is situated in frankfurt am main germany . the marketing organisation is mainly financed by the german national ministry of economy & technology . since 1999 the german national tourist board has also been responsible for the marketing of domestic tourism from one region to another . its strategic goal is the responsible marketing of inter regional vacation themes in germany . the gntb works in close cooperation and economic partnership with all levels of the tourism industry in germany . contents 1 offices agencies 2 marketing themes 3 references 4 external links offices agencies edit marketing is split into six regional management areas north west europe south west europe north east europe south east europe america israel asia australia each with its own foreign representative offices and sales and marketing agencies . countries without their own representation are covered by the appropriate regional management team . the gntb is present around the world with 29 foreign representative offices and sales agencies . apart from the gntb s 11 own representative offices the sales network abroad also encompasses 18 marketing agencies with partners such as deutsche lufthansa ag and the federation of german chambers of industry and commerce dihk . marketing themes edit rigorous analysis and assessment of the markets form the basis of the gntb s sales and marketing activities . in line with the international culture and health mega trends the gntb developed its two major product lines city tours events and hearth & fitness holidays which it uses to derive key campaigns long term product segments and basic information and to devise themes for its international marketing activities . annual theme for 2008 palaces parks and gardens romanticism in germany annual theme for 2009 active lifestyle holidays walking and cycling in germany annual theme for 2010 european capital of culture 2010 the ruhr region towns and cities of culture in germany annual theme for 2011 health & fitness holidays in germany annual theme for 2012 germany open for business references edit external links edit website for englishspeaking germany travelers from all over the world website for germany travelers from the uk website for germany travelers form ireland website for germany travelers from the usa canada picture database of the gntb v t e european tourist boards croatia denmark france germany great britain england scotland wales greece ireland northern ireland republic of ireland italy see also scandinavian tourist board retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title german national tourist board & oldid 717904559 categories non profit organisations based in germanyorganizations established in 1948tourism in germanytourism agencieshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from june 2008all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles containing german language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 30 april 2016 at 12 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view