When you think about working in Germany, you hardly think about work in tourism and hospitality in Germany.
Instead, tourism is a very important and profitable sector in Germany, just consider that Germany is the seventh most visited country in the world, with 33 million tourists from all over the world, every year. This is not a big difference from Italy, a country clearly focused on tourism, with 48 million tourists every year.
Work in tourism in Germany
Which job you can find in tourism in Germany depends mainly on two factors:
- The better your German skills are, the higher your language skills are and the higher your job chances are. There are also unskilled jobs such as cleaners, waiters, dishwashers, etc. that you can do with very little knowledge of German.
- The better your knowledge, the higher the level of places you can work. Just to be clear: If you are a waiter with little experience and no proper training, you certainly can not work in a 5-star hotel.
Here are some specific websites to find jobs in tourism in Germany:
- Hogastjob, job offers in the hospitality industry, mainly in Germany and Austria. Divided by regions
- Hotel Career, the most famous German website for hospitality jobs
- Hotel Job, job offers in hospitality
- Job Sterne, job offers in catering industry
- Jacktiger, temporary job offers for fairs, events, catering
- Joborama, hospitality job offers
- Touristi, job offers in tourism
- Go Gastro, catering job vacancies
- Lebensmittelwelt, job offers in catering sector
- Go Jugendreisen, agency recruiting personnel for holiday camps in Germany
- Jugendreisen, agency recruiting personnel for youth camps
- Ru, another agency recruiting staff for youth camps
Working in hospitality in Germany
Another option is to work in the hospitality industry, and I would like to tell you about some hotel chains in Germany:
- A&O Hotel and Hostel, hotel chain present in major German cities
- Achat Hotel, hotel chain with more than 30 hotels in Germany
- Best Western,is present in more than 80 countries around the world with more than 4,000 hotels and 300,000 rooms. It is the largest independent hotel group in the world
- B&B Hotels, a chain with hotels in several German cities
- CPH Hotel, hotel chain with around 40 properties in major German cities
- Derag Hotel, with ten hotels in Germany
- Dorint, with more than 50 hotels in Germany
- GHotel, hotel chain
- GreenLine, German international chain with more than 60 houses in Germany, mainly in holiday resorts
- Lindner, with more than 30 properties
- Maritim Hotel, is one of the largest German hotel chains, owning more than 30 hotels in Germany and others abroad
- Meininger group, international German chain with twenty hotels in GermanyNovum group, international chain with more than 100 hotels in Germany
- Upstalsboom Hotels, chain with many hotels
- Van der Valk, with 20 hotels
- VCH Hotels, German chain with around 50 hotels in Germany
Working in amusement parks in Germany
Tourism work in Germany cannot be separated from theme parks. Below you will find the list of the most important amusement parks in Germany:
- Europark, is one of the largest amusement parks in the whole Europe. In the park there are many attractions for young and old. There is a possibility to stay overnight in one of the hotels. It is located near Rust, a town on the border between France and Switzerland.
- LEGOLAND,is a LEGO theme park. Each park is divided into different themed areas. The parks are aimed at families with young children. They are characterized by replicas of buildings or animals built with LEGO. There are eight of these parks around the world and one in Germany in Guenzbur, between Munich and Stuttgart. Information about vacancies can be found on the website
- Hansa Park, amusement park in Sierksdorf, north of Luebeck, near the Danish border
If you want all the information on how to work in Germany I suggest you read the Guide to working in Germany
