Editing Hiddensee (section)

== Economy ==
The inhabitants of the island live mainly from [[tourism]]. The majority of visitors are day tourists. Annually, Hiddensee has about 50,000 overnight guests,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ndr.de/ratgeber/reise/ruegen_hiddensee/Urlaub-an-der-Ostsee-Tipps-fuer-die-Insel-Hiddensee,hiddensee24.html | title=Hiddensee: Insel-Kleinod in der Ostsee }}</ref> compared to about 250,000 day visitors.

Even before 1990, Hiddensee was a popular vacation spot. In the 1970s, up to 4,000 vacationers and 3,000 day trippers were on the island every day during the peak season.<ref name="ReferenceA">[[Auto Straßenverkehr]] Heft 8/1979</ref> By the mid-1980s, the number of day visitors had risen to nearly 250,000 annually. Due to the desired naturalness, the tourism sector was hardly developed further, and the number of visitors has hardly changed since then. Today, Hiddensee has just under 3,300 guest beds.<ref name="SPON-208949">{{cite web|access-date=2018-06-09|date=2002-08-10|title=Hiddensee: Kein Platz für Hektik|url=http://www.spiegel.de/reise/europa/hiddensee-kein-platz-fuer-hektik-a-208949.html|website=[[Spiegel Online]]}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

A considerable part of Hiddensee's area is used for agricultural purposes.