Traveling to Germany

Germany is a modern power, a member state of the United Nations, NATO, and the G8. The country is the world's third largest economy by nominal GDP, the world's largest exporter of goods, and the world's second largest importer of goods. Most of the country's exports are in engineering, especially in automobiles, machinery, metals, and chemical goods.
Germany is also world's leading trade fair destination. Annually, over 130 international and national trade fairs take place in Germany. There are trade fair grounds - messe - in over 20 German cities. More than 140,000 exhibitors come to display their products. About 45% exhibitors are from foreign countries, largely dominated by EC and other European exhibitors. The German trade fairs attract about 9 million visitors.