Tourism-Country analysis - Germany

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Introduction

Germany is a country with astounding diversity with one of the richest historical heritage in the world , standing out as one of the tourist attraction features . Germany is the most centrally placed in Europe among all the European countries . It has a history of a disunited nation having distinct states and tribes . For this reason , Germany more that any other European nation bears different names depending on the language used . For example

it is called Deutschland within Germany in French it is called `Allemagne ' and `Niemcy ' in Polish (Country pro

On October 3rd 1990 , Western Germany was unified with the German Democratic Republic . The leaving standards in the latter could not march those ones of the former it has been a major challenge to do this because of the inherent industrial enterprise inefficiencies that characterized the German Democratic Republic . Another major factor that has posed challenges include the difficulty in East Germany of resolving property ownership and the lack of infrastructure and the environmental degradation that occurred during the communist rule (Berghahn V . R 1987

The extremist violence especially from the political right that is usually witnessed in East Germany is always related to the economic uncertainty in this region . Most times the violence is directed towards foreigners and in particular non-Europeans (Berghahn V . R . 1987

Politics

Germany is considered to be a Federal , Parliamentary , and representative democratic Republic . The `Grundgestz ' or the Basic Law is the framework that was laid down in 1949 that guides the German political system up to today . For any amendments to take place in the Grundgestz , a two-thirds majority in Parliament is required (Country pro

The Chancellor heads the Government and the position is currently held by Angela Merkel and she exercises executive powers that are similar to a Prime Minister 's . Parliament that consists of the Bundestag and Bundesrat (Federal Council ) is vested with Federal legislative Powers Members of the Bundestag are elected directly and members in the Bundesrat represent the governments of the 16 states . These members are appointed by the state cabinet , which possesses the power to remove them any time (Country pro

The Christian Democratic Party Union and the Social Democratic Party of Germany are the dominating parties since 1949 . However there 's existence of other smaller parties , which include the Free Democratic Party and the Alliance 90 / The Greens (Christian Democratic Union /Christian Social Union

The President of Germany also doubles up as the Head of State and is normally elected by the Federal Convention (Bundesversammlung , which is the institution made up of members of the Bundestage and some members of the State delegate . The President of the Bundestag is the second highest official and the Bundestag itself elects him /her . His /her responsibilities include the overseeing of the body 's daily sessions The Chancellor on the other hand doubles up as the head of Government and is the third highest official who is nominated...