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Set your alarm clocks because the Germans are returning to Ibiza

Set your alarm clocks because the Germans are returning to Ibiza in their thousands this summer. If you want to book a sunlounger you'll have to be up early to beat the sunbathing champions of Europe as this year up to 37% more Germans are expected on the island.

Teutonic travellers are returning to their once favourite haunts in Ibiza for several reasons; cheaper third world destinations like Turkey and Egypt are troubled by Islamic Fundamentalism and bird flu, and of course the Fatherland is staging a wall-to-wall 24/7 football competition this June.

So who can blame them for taking a short hop to Ibiza, a sunny European destination, with all the modern conveniences of home.

On the flip-side of Ibiza's tourism industry, it may seem incredible that people who live all year on a holiday island paradise might want to take the odd break themselves. But it does happen and Ibiza is blessed with no less that 41 travel agents - an enormous number given the island's 100,000 population - all vying for the privilege of transporting customers to their chosen destination.

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