Berlin

===Tourism and conventions===
{{Main|List of sights in Berlin|}}

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Berlin had 788 hotels with 134,399 beds in 2014.<ref name=visitberlin>{{cite web|url=https://press.visitberlin.de/en/news-release/berlin-welcomes-record-numbers-of-tourists-and-convention-participants-in-2014-287-mill|title=Berlin Welcomes Record Numbers of Tourists and Convention Participants in 2014|website=visitBerlin|access-date=5 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305115925/https://press.visitberlin.de/en/news-release/berlin-welcomes-record-numbers-of-tourists-and-convention-participants-in-2014-287-mill|archive-date=5 March 2015}}</ref> The city recorded 28.7&nbsp;million overnight hotel stays and 11.9&nbsp;million hotel guests in 2014.<ref name=visitberlin/> Tourism figures have more than doubled within the last ten years and Berlin has become the third-most-visited city destination in Europe. Some of the most visited places in Berlin include: [[Potsdamer Platz]], [[Brandenburg Gate|Brandenburger Tor]], [[Berlin Wall|the Berlin wall]], [[Alexanderplatz]], [[Museum Island|Museumsinsel]], [[Fernsehturm Berlin|Fernsehturm]], the [[East Side Gallery|East-Side Gallery]], [[Charlottenburg Palace|Schloss-Charlottenburg]], [[Berlin Zoological Garden|Zoologischer Garten]], [[Berlin Victory Column|Siegessäule]], [[Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer]], [[Mauerpark]], [[Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum|Botanical Garden]], [[French Cathedral, Berlin|Französischer Dom]], [[Deutscher Dom]] and [[Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe|Holocaust-Mahnmal]]. The largest visitor groups are from Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and the United States.

According to figures from the [[International Congress and Convention Association]] in 2015, Berlin became the leading organizer of conferences globally, hosting 195 international meetings.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.c-mw.net/berlin-no-1-city-germany-no-2-country-new-icca-rankings/ |title=Berlin No.1 city and Germany No.2 country in new ICCA rankings |work=C-MW.net |date=12 January 2017 |access-date=13 January 2017 |archive-date=16 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116152841/https://www.c-mw.net/berlin-no-1-city-germany-no-2-country-new-icca-rankings/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Some of these congress events take place on venues such as CityCube Berlin or the Berlin Congress Center (bcc).

The [[Messe Berlin]] (also known as Berlin ExpoCenter City) is the main convention organizing company in the city. Its main exhibition area covers more than {{convert|160000|m2|0|sp=us}}. Several large-scale trade fairs like the consumer electronics trade fair [[IFA Berlin|IFA]], where the first practical audio [[Magnetophon|tape recorder]] and the first [[Manfred von Ardenne|completely electronic television system]] were first introduced to the public,<ref>{{cite web | url =http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/tape.html|  title = Magnetic Recording History Pictures | author = History Department at the University of San Diego | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20080509130422/http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/tape.html | archivedate =9 May 2008}}</ref><ref name="mix9106">{{cite web|url=http://mixonline.com/TECnology-Hall-of-Fame/aeg-magnetophone-recorder-090106/|title=1935 AEG Magnetophon Tape Recorder|date=1 September 2006|work=[[MIX (magazine)|MIX]]|publisher=Penton Media Inc|accessdate=18 June 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208162634/http://mixonline.com/TECnology-Hall-of-Fame/aeg-magnetophone-recorder-090106/|archivedate=8 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="engel06">{{cite web|url=http://www.richardhess.com/tape/history/Engel_Hammar--Magnetic_Tape_History.pdf|title=A Selected History of Magnetic Recording|last=Engel|first=Friedrich Karl|author2=Peter Hammar|date=27 August 2006|accessdate=18 June 2010|archive-date=24 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524211321/https://www.richardhess.com/tape/history/Engel_Hammar--Magnetic_Tape_History.pdf|url-status=live}}<br>A brief history of magnetic tape from the BASF Historian and the founding curator of the Ampex museum.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vonardenne.biz/ja/company/history/manfred-von-ardenne/ | title=Manfred von Ardenne | access-date=8 January 2024 | archive-date=6 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306070250/https://www.vonardenne.biz/ja/company/history/manfred-von-ardenne/ | url-status=live }}</ref> the [[ILA Berlin Air Show]], the [[Berlin Fashion Week]] (including the ''Premium Berlin'' and the ''Panorama Berlin''),<ref>{{cite web|title=Following the Followers of Fashion|url=https://global.handelsblatt.com/companies-markets/following-the-followers-of-fashion-683735|publisher=Handelsblatt Global|access-date=21 January 2017|archive-date=18 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118155242/https://global.handelsblatt.com/companies-markets/following-the-followers-of-fashion-683735|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Berlin International Green Week|Green Week]], the ''Fruit Logistica'', the transport fair [[InnoTrans]], the tourism fair [[ITB Berlin|ITB]] and the adult entertainment and erotic fair [[Venus Award|Venus]] are held annually in the city, attracting a significant number of business visitors.
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