mark silva chair of east asian economic studies at the university of pittsburgh and thank you very much for this insight. germany is one of the world's top travel destinations government statistics out today show tourism is stronger than ever people from inside and outside germany are visiting places like berlin in record numbers or tolls reported some two hundred fourteen million overnight stays in the first off of twenty eighty four percent over the same period last year and there were more than thirty eight million foreign visitors that's up five percent but while also also happy the n.g. g union says the boom means the hotel employees are having to work all the time which often goes on. let's bring in color of booze and from downtown from for one of those top travel destinations cover the how did germany's become so cool as a troubled us the nation. well guess what i have to say if you take frankfurt for example a city that's often perceived to be a bit boring with all its banks it's also a big surprise to see how many tourists are coming here but germany has done a lot to become mo

market stall the chair of east asian economic studies at the university of duisburg and thank you very much for this inside. businesses go up and down and sometimes whole sectors die in no way one industry definitely seems to be on its way out and that's tobacco smoke and numbers in no way have hit a historic low especially as younger consumers are priced out of the cigarette market. these drawers are well stocked and they will stay that way the product they're holding isn't very popular young people used to come in here for cigarettes they don't anymore. previously there were a few but now i don't really know anyone who smokes it's become uncool. i don't want to do it it's like people look down on people who smoke. and sadly it seems the government's anti-smoking efforts have paid off in no way cigarettes cost thirteen year olds for a pack the third highest price worldwide after australia and new zealand and tobacco companies aren't allowed to advertise or even show their logo on their packs some companies have sued to no avail. you don't want to be in the clutches of an industry that