January 1991
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Geographische Rundschau
Tourism in the GDR was arranged by the state and for political reasons, planning was important, it was much related to industrial policy and heavily subsidised. Since 1990 it has become a business, typical areas are the coast, the forest-lake region, the middle mountains, select tiny areas, and historic sites. Between 1945-52 new ideas came in; 1952-60 socialistic leisure was developed; 1961-71 it grew; 1972-80 it was consolidated; and 1981-9 it stagnated. -D.J.Davis