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Berlin Returns to Normality, Tourists Keep Coming After Terrorist Attack

© AFP 2023 / John MACDOUGALLPeople visit the Christmas market at Berlin's Alexanderplatz with its big wheel, two days after an attack at the Christmas market near the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church), in central Berlin, on December 21, 2016
People visit the Christmas market at Berlin's Alexanderplatz with its big wheel, two days after an attack at the Christmas market near the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church), in central Berlin, on December 21, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Burkhard Kieker, the CEO of Berlin's tourism service agency visitBerlin said that Berlin returns to normality after the recent deadly terrorist attack.

French police officers secure a Christmas market on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris on December 20, 2016 as part of security measures in the aftermath of an attack in Berlin - Sputnik International
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BERLIN (Sputnik), Victoria Mladenovich – The German capital is returning to normality after the recent deadly terrorist attack, with no signs of panic among tourists planning to visit the city, the CEO of Berlin's tourism service agency visitBerlin, Burkhard Kieker, told Sputnik on Wednesday.

On Monday, a truck rammed into a crowd at a Berlin Christmas market on the Breitscheidplatz square. The country's Interior Ministry has labeled the incident a terrorist attack.

"In the hotels, there are no signs that visitors are hastily packing their bags to leave the city. Even today we had new bookings for Christmas and New Year's Eve. If you go through Berlin today, you can see that the city returns to normality," Kieker said.

Police stand in front of the truck which ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital last night in Berlin, Germany, December 20, 2016. - Sputnik International
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The attack in Berlin, which killed at least 12 and injured 48, has sent shockwaves throughout the world.

"Luckily, Berlin had no experience with such attacks so far. That is why we were uncertain what would happen. But our guests seem to feel safe," Kieker added.

Berlin police are still searching for a Tunisian national suspected of committing the Christmas market attack, as his documents have been found in the truck.

Following last November’s terrorist attacks in Paris and July's tragedy in the Mediterranean coast city of Nice, France’s tourism industry saw a drop of 8 percent on average in the numbers of foreign visitors since the start of 2016.

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