Berlin‚ Germany Tourism Development Plan Table of Contents Research Abstract 3 Germany At-A-Glance4 Berlin Tourism Overview4 Leisure Side of Berlin5 Business Side of Berlin6 Branding the City8 Works Cited10 Research Abstract Located in the northeast‚ Berlin is the capital city of Germany as well as one of its sixteen states. With a population of over 3.4 million people‚ Berlin is Germany’s largest city. Berlin’s economy is primarily based on the service sector
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Berlin Wall Short Story The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on August 13th 1961‚ the Wall completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin until government officials opened it in November 1989. The end of World War II triggered the start of the Cold War. The victors of WWII‚ The United States‚ Great Britain‚ France and the Soviet Union divided Germany and Berlin into
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The Berlin Wall “Walls and their guards can never encircle the people and hold down ideas”‚ this could not be a more accurate description to describe the affects of the Berlin Wall during the 1960’s. After World War Two‚ Germany was divided into two separate countries. West Germany became a democratic country‚ under the influence of its allies France‚ Britain and the United States. These countries also had control over differing sectors of West Germany. East Germany fell under the ruling of the
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The Berlin Crisis Introduction The Berlin Crisis was a controversy so big that leaders from around the world feared that one slip up may trigger a massive nuclear war. The crisis started through summits held by the world powers‚ and through other various negotiations between communist and other nations. But for the U.S. a loss in Berlin could deteriorate American authority in Germany‚ which played a big part in keeping Europe together. I believe that the policies used in Berlin were necessary to
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International A Wall Divides Berlin “Today the endangered frontier of freedom runs through divided Berlin.” President Kennedy‚ on July 22‚ 1961‚ three weeks before the Berlin Wall was erected. A grim convoy of tanks and troops wound through eastern Berlin in the predawn hours of August 13‚ 1961. By sunrise‚ East German soldiers had stretched barbed wire across the city‚ cutting off the Communist sector from the capitalist. The wire was soon replaced by a network of concrete walls and
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HISTORY The name ITB Berlin stands for a unique success story which was “made in Berlin”. What began in 1966 as a small event in the framework of an overseas import trade show has developed into a true global success. The original five participating countries and regions have grown to over 180‚ the first 250 trade visitors have increased to over 114‚000 and the exhibition space expanded from 580 m² to today’s 160‚000 m². Nearly five decades have passed since it all began – an eventful time full
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There were many events leading up to the Berlin Wall crashing down that on November 9th 1989 yet no one ever expected to wake up on that day only to find out that the wall was open and a divided Berlin‚ a divided Germany‚ was no more. Some say that the wall fell down gradually then all at once‚ and some Americans say that the wall fell down thanks to President Ronald Reagan’s speech by the Brandenburg Gate‚ West Berlin in 1987 where Reagan demands “Mr Gorbachev‚ tear down this wall”. This
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About Berlin Berlin‚ located just 11 miles south of the State Capital of Hartford‚ is a charming rural community nestled in the heart of Connecticut. Winding through the countryside towards Berlin one is struck with the charming topography of the picturesque New England landscape. The rolling hills gently glide into beautiful wooded slopes of flowering dogwood and the green canopies of American elm. The old world charm and elegant homes found throughout Berlin form the foundation of an environment
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forged between the two sections of Berlin‚ East and West Berlin. The Berlin Airlift and the Berlin Wall were both attempts by the Soviets to change the political ownership of West Berlin. Germany and Berlin were split into four zones in June 1945. The United States‚ France‚ Great Britain‚ and the Soviet Union all got a zone‚ which eventually led to conflict. Berlin was located in the middle of the Soviet zone‚ but was split the same way the
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Summary of The Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall was one the most prominent symbols of the Iron Curtain that the Soviet Union had created to contain and control the people of Eastern Europe and the rest of its territory. It serves as an example of the anarchy and the pursuit of self-interest the international system‚ particularly after a time after one superpower fell and a fierce competition of bipolar powers remained. After the end of World War II‚ the four ally countries divided up German territory
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