Tourist sign

[2] Since that time the idea of directing tourists to sights and attractions using a uniform type of signage has spread around the world.

It is not clear which of the two signs, to the Löwensteiner Berge or to Burg Teck, was first erected there.

In addition to their typically brown and white colours, they use sans serif fonts that are easy to read.

Critics complain that tourists signs contain too much information and distract motorists from concentrating on the road.

[3] A study carried out at Harz University of Applied Sciences in 2019 found that one in six motorists on German freeways had already spontaneously visited a destination advertised on a tourist information board.