German tourism is gearing up for a bumper year in 2023 following the hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic, as holidaymakers return in droves despite high inflation and the war in Ukraine, businesses said at the ITB travel fair on Tuesday. "We expect an Easter and a summer business which is not only very stable, but loosely matches that of 2019," said the head of Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings, Jens Bischof, on the sidelines of the event in Berlin.