Dusseldorf - especially in Japanese are the white-Rhine ferries popular: The Asian visitors accounting for 60 percent of the guests on the ships of the Köln-Düsseldorfer (KD) from.
But because of the economic crisis, it attracts fewer and fewer international tourists to the Rhine. The number of international passengers KD was reduced in the second quarter of 2009 to more than a quarter, "said board member Norbert Schmitz KD.
However: In the summertime, the ferries in recent weeks were mainly from domestic travelers "occupied extremely good".
At the same time the fleet is currently being booked less and less for large corporate events. Weddings on the Rhine, however, are still popular.
Overall, the move KD to the ticket sales on last year's level, "said Schmitz. Now the Rhine sailors are hoping for summer and sunny weather.
