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" Lee County has reciprocated the Germans' interest with a concerted effort to lure even more to the area. The county's convention and visitors bureau conducts almost constant direct mail and other advertising in Germany, and in 1996 the county hosted 126,000 German-speaking tourists, more than doubling the number that visited in 1990. Lee recently was joined by neighboring Collier and Charlotte counties in promoting southwest Florida as a region. In addition, a tourism office Lee County established in Miltenberg, Germany (45 minutes from Frankfurt), in 1985, has been bombarding residents with print campaigns, most recently in partnership with LTU International Airways. The German carrier offers two direct flights each week from Germany to Fort Myers and expects to add a third this month. Passengers are given copies of slick promotional magazines in German. Hallo Florida, Wilkommen and other similar publications are jammed with advertisements from restaurants, law firms and real estate agencies in southwest Florida. "

Source:
Henderson, Andre. "The Germans are coming." Florida Trend, vol. 40, no. 7, Nov. 1997, pp. 49+. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A20252279/ITOF?u=lincclin_ecc&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=5705548b. Accessed 19 Sept. 2022.


*Air Force Major Arthur C. Kullin and wife with their two adopted sons in Tallahassee, Florida*	*Autoharp player Charley Groth with apprentice Cheryl Belanger- Tampa, Florida*	*Young woman showing her decorated beer stein at Oktoberfest in Cape Coral - Cape Coral, Florida*
*1957*	*1991*	*1967*
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*Children folk dancing at Oktoberfest festival - Lantana, Florida*	*German POWs housed in Florida working as laborers awaiting D-Day*	*Florida State University Flying High Circus performs during Oktoberfest in Cocoa Beach*
*1986*	*1944*	*1967*
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The Germans Are Coming
" Lee County has reciprocated the Germans' interest with a concerted effort to lure even more to the area. The county's convention and visitors bureau conducts almost constant direct mail and other advertising in Germany, and in 1996 the county hosted 126,000 German-speaking tourists, more than doubling the number that visited in 1990. Lee recently was joined by neighboring Collier and Charlotte counties in promoting southwest Florida as a region. In addition, a tourism office Lee County established in Miltenberg, Germany (45 minutes from Frankfurt), in 1985, has been bombarding residents with print campaigns, most recently in partnership with LTU International Airways. The German carrier offers two direct flights each week from Germany to Fort Myers and expects to add a third this month. Passengers are given copies of slick promotional magazines in German. Hallo Florida, Wilkommen and other similar publications are jammed with advertisements from restaurants, law firms and real estate agencies in southwest Florida. " Source: Henderson, Andre. "The Germans are coming." Florida Trend, vol. 40, no. 7, Nov. 1997, pp. 49+. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A20252279/ITOF?u=lincclin_ecc&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=5705548b. Accessed 19 Sept. 2022.

German Heritage

The Germans Are Coming