Well, this is the Baltic Sea we're talking about. The average European tourist wanting sea and sun prefers the Mediterranean (i.e. Spain, Greece, Italy, Cyprus,

Well, this is the Baltic Sea we're talking about. The average European tourist wanting sea and sun prefers the Mediterranean (i.e. Spain, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Turkey, ..) -- considerably warmer, plus cheaper/easier to get to for most people. For Germans there are plenty of other seaside resorts in the country. (Europe is only crowded in some places: large parts are not at all crowded - or even inhabited...)