Guests can now sponsor Bodenmais again in 2010.

Germany’s youngest mayor Michael Adam draws lots for himself in 2010 again, to improve the desolate financial situation of his community! Visitors can now become a friend and sponsor of the municipal market of Bodenmais, combined with a raffle to win a personal visit from the 24-year-old mayor. Together with a Bavarian music group, Michael Adam will then visit the winner as “special guest” for a family party, garden party or local celebrations for a whole day during the year.

Just for the books: the fact that the holiday resort at the foot of Silberberg is implementing uncompromisingly new strategies and ideas to improve the tourism is becoming very obvious. In 2008, Bodenmais counted to the most successful and fastest growing holiday resorts in Germany. Now there’s a new creative cover story which should help to get the municipal market Bodenmais out of its precarious financial situation. A budget deficit of altogether one million Euros has to be met, to cover the running costs in Bodemais.

"We have a big potential on regular guests in Bodenmais who treat the resort as their second home. We would like to convey the feeling that these people are "sponsors and friends of Bodenmais" with a badge that identifies them as an official sponsor in 2009", explains Michael Adam. A fee of five Euros is raised per year for the badge. The guests can acquire the badge in about 500 lodgings when checking in. The five Euros are passed on to the municipal market of Bodenmais.

Now the special attraction is: to make it even more enticing to buy a badge, all participants take part on a big annual raffle drawing lots to win Michael Adam, the mayor of Bodenmais! The mayor will namely visit the winner for a whole day anywhere in Germany, accompanied by a Bavarian music group. Whether it’s a family celebration, a garden party or local celebrations, he’d like to please the winner with his presence. "I am glad that I can perhaps help the municipal market of Bodenmais, and do so with great pleasure. I also believe that it can turn out to be quite amusing, as one doesn’t know want one has to expect", announced Michael Adam regarding his guest appearance with the winner.

In participating, holidaymakers support the further development of their holiday resort, particularly the events and comprehensive culture program. The voluntary sponsor contribution is solely for the community e.g. the Christmas market and seasonal decorations, the associations and the retailer events. With almost 150.000 overnight guests and around a million day-trippers, the community hopes to be able to cover most of the tourism expenditure with the voluntary support of the holidaymakers.

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