Leisure: Camping is booming – and yet motorhome manufacturers have a problem
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|There are more than one million motorhomes in Germany, a record. Nevertheless, companies are announcing short-time work, and some dealers and rental companies are insolvent: Impressions from a strange market.
It sounds crazy, perhaps as crazy as hoping to camp in Scotland without it raining every now and then: Camping holidays continue to boom, but German motorhome manufacturers are in crisis. Many factories have implemented short-time work ; last year, one-sixth fewer motorhomes and caravans were produced, and the industry expects a further loss for the current year. The share price of the listed manufacturer Knaus Tabbert has more than halved within a year, with the Lower Bavarian company also having to contend with the fact that the public prosecutor's office is investigating two former board members for bribery.
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