Why do so few Britons holiday in Germany?

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There were plenty were I lived. I also see a fair few around London.

My grandma likes to shout at tourists on public transport. English tourists as well, so I suppose that's something.

I have a good German friend who lived in Reading for a year with her aunt. She said most Britons she met turned cold on her when they figured out she was German. Maybe the two nations do not like each other?

I think the article is correct.

There’s a noticeable amount of Brits that hold on to WW2 and anti German sentiment, despite the wars outcome. This is most noticeable whenever England and German play football against each other, or when German influence in the EU is discussed on comment boards of UK newspapers or the BBC.

The like below indicates that Germany has points to recommend it as tourist destination, and that the number of Brits visiting German has been on the increase.

http://www.etoa.org/news/2012/12/18/ger ... -operators

I couldn’t find any numbers for 2012, but according to the link below Germans were in the top three nationalities to visit the UK in terms of numbers.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/enviro ... gures.html

And dont forget who own most of Britains press, they are most anxious to keep anti-German sentiments alive and the memory of the holocaust constantly fresh in people's minds so they can continue getting away with Palestinian apartied.

Its no longer politically correct to have a dig about anyone these days except the Germans whom the press will still make reference to towels on deck chairs etc.

I spoke with a German tourist at work recently, he asked me why Britain was still so obsessed with the war, I told him it was supposedly our finest hour so we still cling to such in absence of any other reason to be proud of this country, guess that's why most British still wish to view Germany as the enemy.

My Mum and Dad used to holiday in Germany, before I was born. My Mum had worked there for a while and my Dad did his national service there too. They both loved the German hospitality and returned many times. The only reason I've not been there for a holiday is that the package holidays are so expensive, compared to Austria, for example. I've been to Munich, but it was on a day trip from the resort I was staying at, in Austria.

i have a friend in birmingham england who is on holiday in allemagne as we speak

I think that when you overlook any historically rooted cultural bias you will find that both Germans and Brits tend to holiday in warm places like Spain, Southern France, Italy and Greece, not in places that are climatically similar.

I was researching Berlin hotels and I found they were more expensive than I was expecting to be honest...

Actually thinking of old grudges, do Irish citizens ever vacation in England? When returning to they have to explain why they would vacation in such a place?

If you want to be really ridiculous there is a long list of former colonies who could drag this out.