Officials
are expecting a total of about 6 million visitors to celebrate the
16-day extravaganza, now half over, but the beer festival's start
indicates the final number might well be higher. The city said Sunday
that visitors have consumed 3.6 million two-pint (one-liter) mugs of
beer so far. A mug, called "mass" in German, of the malty
pale beer sells for up to €9.50 ($12.30). Last year's visitors
downed almost 8 million mugs.
Locals
often visit the Oktoberfest in traditional costumes, with men wearing
Bavarian Lederhosen leather shorts and women in bright costumes. The
city says visitors mostly come from Germany, neighboring countries,
Italy, the U.S., Asia, New Zealand and Australia.
Source: AP
Source: AP
