Germany is reorienting its tourism policy to foster sustainable growth and resilience in its tourism sector, and is working on the future “Die Nationale Tourismusstrategie (NTS)” (National Tourism Strategy) which should focus on the competitiveness covering outgoing, incoming tourism and domestic tourism in the country in a balanced way.
The German government led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz is developing this new strategy for tourism in the country that according to the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs will replace the current “Die Nationale Platform Zukunft des Tourismus”, (NPZT ), (The National Future of Tourism Platform).
“ Die Nationale Platform Zukunft des Tourismus, (NPZT)” is a dialogue platform established in May 2023 to connect policymakers, industry, and academia, addressing future topics such as climate neutrality, digitalization, and workforce security serving as a central instrument for promoting future - oriented, competitive, and sustainable tourism, and launched projects related to labour acquisition, eco - friendly mobility and connectivity of rural regions among others.
According to the information now released, this platform wlll come to an end at end of 2025. The initiative launched within the platform can be continued independently by the stakeholders even beyond its conclusion.
The networking created by the platform, both within the industry and with the various tourism policy stakeholders within the federal government and the federal levels, should be utilized in the strategic reorientation of the federal government’s tourism policy and also be incorporated into considerations for contemporary tourism policy bodies.
Questions arose, particularly among members of the parliament., from the CDU/CSU, SPD, and Alliance 90, the Greens, regarding the expiration of the “Future of Tourism” platform.
The CDU/CSU wanted to known whether there were any legal hurdles, while the other two parliamentary groups emphasized that the networks that had just been formed could suffer negative consequences if the platform were to be discontinued.
The deputies from the Left and the Greens considered that the end of this platform could weaken the networks created and they also warned that the strategy should not focus exclusively on economic aspects having pointed out problems such as the rental of holiday homes in cities and water scarcity in southern countries, phenomena that increasingly also affect Germany.
In response, the Government representative stressed that, in addition to economic objectives, ecological issues will also be taken into account.
Aside from parliamentary debates, the Tourism Commission decided to hold four public hearings by end of the year :
• On 25th October 2025 - The situation of the hotel and the restaurant industry.
• On 5th November 2025 - Cycling and walking tourism, as well the necessary infrastructure .
• On 12th November 2025 - The economy of holiday home rentals, including the European directive on short - term rentals.
• On 3rd December 2025 - Themes related to business trips.
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