Editing Amrum (section)

==Economy==
Amrum's main branch of economy is tourism. In 2007 the island could provide 12,000 beds. In 2008 approximately 135,000 tourists and 1.3 million lodgings were registered.<ref>{{cite book|title=Amrum 2008 – Jahreschronik einer Insel [Amrum 2008 – Annual Chronicle of an Island] |first=Georg |last=Quedens |author-link=Georg Quedens |language=de|publisher=Jens Quedens |isbn=978-3-924422-85-1 |page=28 |year=2009}}</ref>

Agriculture is also being practised on Amrum and the port hosts a single fisherman.

===Media===
The local newspaper is called ''Der Insel-Bote'' (The Island Courier) and published by the [[Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag]]. It is the common paper for both [[Föhr]] and Amrum.

Moreover, Amrum was the set for many German cinematic and TV [[film]]s, e.g. ''Tod auf Amrum'' (1998)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stimme.de/deutschland-welt/panorama/tv-tipp/tv/tv-spielfilme/TV-2010-06-01-3sat-20-15-00-Tod-auf-Amrum;art5803,1831587 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130717084619/http://www.stimme.de/deutschland-welt/panorama/tv-tipp/tv/tv-spielfilme/TV-2010-06-01-3sat-20-15-00-Tod-auf-Amrum;art5803,1831587 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 July 2013 |title=Tod auf Amrum |trans-title=Death on Amrum |agency=Teleschau |date=25 May 2010 |language=de |work=Heilbronner Stimme |access-date=16 July 2013 }}</ref> or ''Sommer'' (2008),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bz-berlin.de/archiv/sommer-mit-jimi-blue-ochsenknecht-ist-der-schoenste-teenie-film-des-jahres-article300544.html |title='Sommer' mit Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht ist der schönste Teenie-Film des Jahres |trans-title='Sommer' with Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht is the year's most beautiful teen film |work=[[B.Z. (newspaper)|B.Z.]] |language=de |date=21 April 2008 |access-date=16 July 2013}}</ref> as well as numerous crime novels. It is also the location that Netflix filmed Black Island.