Tourism in Denmark
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Tourists in Denmark mainly consist of people from neighboring countries Sweden, Norway, Germany and The Netherlands. With the recent marriage of Prince Frederik and the Australian born Mary Donaldson, Denmark has become a popular tourism destination for Australians.
Denmark has many sandy beaches which attract mainly German tourists. While Swedish and Norwegian tourists often come for the relative metropolitan Copenhagen, or as for many young Scandinavians the cheap prices and easy access of beer and alcohol is the main attraction.
As the world's oldest kingdom and the home of Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark is often marketed as a "Fairytale country". Previously this image was aimed mainly toward Asian tourists, but was recently expanded to most of the world in relation with the Hans Christian Andersen anniversary in 2005.
In 2004 Copenhagen Region had 136 hotels with a total of 4.9 million nights spend. There were 250 cruise liners calling at Copenhagen Port with more than 350,000 passengers.
The biggest tourist attraction isTivoli Gardens, second biggest the Freetown Christiania and third the little Mermaid, all located in Copenhagen.
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