Tourism in Denmark

Tourists spent a total of DKK 128 billion and the tourism industry employed 161,999 people in full time positions in 2017.

Swedish and Norwegian tourists often come to visit the relatively lively city of Copenhagen, while many young Scandinavians come for Denmark's comparably cheap and readily accessible beer, wines and spirits.

[citation needed] As Europe's oldest kingdom and the home of Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark is often marketed as a "fairytale country".

[citation needed] Denmark has a relatively large outbound tourism, with Spain as primary destination, accounting for 14% of all overnight stays abroad of four days or more in 2013.

The area also has several tourist attractions including Knuthenborg Safari Park and Middelaldercentret both on Lolland, BonBon-Land near Næstved and the GeoCenter at Møns Klint.

The island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea to the south of Sweden has a number of tourist attractions, including rocky seascapes, sandy beaches and fishing villages.

Funen, linked to Zealand by the Great Belt Bridge, has strong associations with Hans Christian Andersen who was born in Odense.

The small coastal towns of Fåborg and Svendborg are popular among the tourists, both as attractions in their own right and as centres for visiting the surroundings, particularly the castles of Egeskov and Hvedholm and the unspoiled islands of Thurø, Tåsinge and Ærø with their narrow streets and thatched cottages.

Among Jutland's regional attractions are Legoland close to Billund Airport, the easterly village of Ebeltoft with its cobbled streets and half-timbered houses, Skagen in the far north known for its seascapes and artist community and the north-west beach resorts of Løkken and Lønstrup.

The island of Mors, also known for its natural environment, attracts tourists to its Jesperhus Flower Park and to the cliff at Hanklit which overlooks the sea.

Near Esbjerg on the west coast stands Svend Wiig Hansen's enormous sculpture of four chalky white figures gazing out at the sea.

Important provincial restaurants serving a new Danish cuisine includes Ti Trin Ned in Fredericia and Ruths Gourmet in Skagen.

[10] The usual everyday fare of traditional Danish food for the citizens, comprises a lunch of smørrebrød on thinly sliced rye bread.

For elaborate lunch meals, it is custom that it starts with seafood, usually fish such as marinated herring, smoked mackerel or eel, shrimp, or breaded plaice filets with remoulade, after which it moves on with meat such as slices of roast pork or beef, frikadeller (meat balls), hams and liver pâté.