The cards are usually valid for between 1 and 7 days and give visitors free or discounted travel on local transport, reduced or free admission to local tourist attractions and discounted tickets for events within a city or region.
Welcome Cards are available in most cities at the tourist office as well as local transport ticket offices, ticket machines, railway stations and some hotels.
Please find below details on some of the Regional Welcome Cards, further information on Travelcards & Welcome Cards which are offered by key cities in Germany is available on the following pdf link (click >>).
Regional Welcome Cards
| Region | Name | Contact |
| Ruhr Region (i.e. Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg etc) | Ruhrpottcard | Website: ruhrpottcard.com |
| State of Thuringia (i.e. Erfurt, Weimar, Eisenach, Jena) | Thüringen Card | Website: thueringen- tourismus.de |
| Black Forest | Schwarzwald Card | Website: schwarzwaldcard.info |
| Lake Constance (incl. Austria & Switzerland) | Bodensee-Erlebniskarte | Website: bodenseeferien.de |
| Bonn and surrounding area | BonnRegio Welcome Card | Website: bonn-regio.de |
| North west (i.e. Bremen, Cuxhaven, Oldenburg) | Entdecker Card | Website: entdeckercard.de |
| Sauerland (i.e. Winterberg, Schmallenberg) | Sauerland Card | Website: sauerland-page.de |
| The Wonderful Nine (Braunschweig, Celle, Göttingen, Goslar, Hamlin, Hanover, Hildesheim, Lüneburg, Wolfenbüttel) | 9 Städte Tourismus Pass* | Website: 9twn.de |
* Does not include transport
