Le coeur de la Bavière séduit les touristes (Bavarian heartland lures tourists)
More and more Chinese spend their well deserved vacation in Germany and the volume of tourism between China and Germany has risen considerably.
Overnight stays by visitors from the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong special administrative region (SAR) to Germany increased 22 percent between January and October 2011.
In 2010, the number of overnight stays from the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong SAR had surpassed 1 million for the first time, an increase of 33.3 percent from 2009.
China is Germany's main economic partner in Asia, while Germany is China's most important European trading partner.