COMPACT
PLAYERS & ORGANISATIONS
German National Tourist Board
For over 60 years the German National Tourist
Board (DZT) has been working internationally
on behalf of the Federal Government to promote Germany as a travel destination. In 2016,
the DZT is focussing on the theme year “The
Fascination of a Nature Holiday in Germany –
Nature and National Parks”.
→ germany.travel
German Wine Institute
The German Wine Institute (DWI) is the
German Olympic Sports Confederation
German wine industry’s communications and
The German Olympic Sports Confederation
marketing arm. Its main task is to promote
(DOSB) is the umbrella organisation of German
the quality and sales of German wine.
sport. It has more than 28 million members
→ deutscheweine.de
in around 91,000 sports clubs.
→ dosb.de
Gut leben in Deutschland
In 2015, the Federal government launched a
German Football Association
dialogue with the people in Germany about
With 6.85 million members, the German Foot-
their view of the quality of life in the country.
ball Association (DFB) is the world’s largest
In events up and down the country and online
national sports federation – and the only foot-
it discusses matters directly with citizens, so
ball association where both the men’s and
as in future to be able to gear its action more
the women’s team have won the World Cup.
specifically to what is important to the people
→ dfb.de
in Germany.
→ gut-leben-in-deutschland.de
International Sports Promotion
International Sports Promotion has been part
of the Federal Republic of Germany’s cultural
relations and education activities abroad since
1961. Since then it has supported 1,400 short
and long-term projects in over 100 developing
countries. It primarily promotes women’s,
disabled, and youth sports, to help integration.
→ sport.diplo.de
DIGITAL PLUS
More information about all the topics
in the chapter – annotated link lists,
articles, documents; plus more detailed
information about terms such as German cuisine, wines from Germany, Bauhaus architecture,
wellness holidays in Germany.
→ tued.net/en/dig8