Safety must be ensured following a number of high-profile attacks, according to event organizers
Rising security costs could force the closure of Germany’s traditional Christmas markets, a major tourist draw and once a steady source of income for local communities, an association representing event organizers has warned.
Security expenses are up an average of 44% over the past three years, according to the Federal Association of City and Town Marketing (BCSD), following a number of high-profile attacks in recent years.
In 2016, a rejected Tunisian asylum seeker drove a truck into a Christmas market in Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring…
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