Portugal and Germany: Geert Hofstede's Five Cultural Dimensions

Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject Communications - Intercultural Communication, grade: 1,3, University of applied sciences Dortmund, language: English, abstract: The political situation between Portugal and Germany is very solid and is based on a broad basis. The governments of the two countries work very closely together and in the majority of political aspects, concerning the European and the international policy, they agree with each other. The Portuguese economy depends a lot on tourism, most of the tourists came from Germany and France. Each year millions of tourists from different countries with different cultures visit Portugal for holidays and it is interesting to find out, whether the different cultures modify the Portuguese way of life and what influences the many cultures have. This is why Portugal and it's culture is an interesting topic for the research and investigation. The following term paper explains, describes and compares the difference in culture between Germany and Portugal.