www.danube-river.org Interest in the Danube as a holiday destination continues to grow apace around the world: this year no fewer than 109 cruise liners plied the great river down to the Black Sea.
“The Culinary Danube”, a thirteen-part television series, which was produced with the support of the Danube Tourist Commission and broadcast on ORF, SAT 1, ZDF, arte, SWR as well as other major European TV stations, recorded sensational viewer numbers.
Since 2005 four new Danube cruise guides have been released by German publishers.
Next year will see publication in New York of a photo documentary on the Danube that originally appeared in the China National Geographic in 2005.
International buyers and journalists have displayed very lively interest in attending the
Danube Travel Mart, which is to be held in conjunction with the new 2007 actb fair in
Vienna.
The Danube Tourist Commission’s intensive marketing activities have helped lay the
foundation for the Danube region’s success as a destination. The Danube Press Service which reports six times annually in four languages about topics of current interest and up-coming events from all Danube lands.
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