2 ▁million ▁people . ▁Stuttgart ▁Airport ▁has ▁become ▁a ▁European ▁hub ▁for ▁almost ▁ 6 0 ▁air lines . ▁ 1 0 ▁Mill ion ▁passengers ▁use ▁it ▁ann ually ▁and ▁ 6 5 , 0 0 0 ▁tons ▁of ▁air ▁fre ight ▁is ▁sh ipped ▁here . ▁Fl ights ▁are ▁offered ▁to ▁over ▁ 1 2 0 ▁destin ations ▁in ▁more ▁than ▁ 4 0 ▁countries . ▁Through ▁the ▁Stutt g arter ▁Har bour ▁the ▁Region ▁is ▁connected ▁to ▁the ▁inner ▁German ▁and ▁western ▁European ▁water way ▁network . ▁C argo ▁ships ▁with ▁a ▁t onn age ▁of ▁up ▁to ▁ 2 , 8 0 0 ▁t ▁are ▁loaded ▁and ▁un loaded ▁here ▁daily . ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁accommod ate ▁the ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁commut ers ▁in ▁the ▁Region ▁and ▁rel ieve ▁the ▁roads , ▁the ▁Verkehr s - ▁und ▁Tar if ver bund ▁Stuttgart ▁( V VS ) ▁offers , ▁counting ▁only ▁the ▁S - B ahn ▁already ▁a ▁network ▁of ▁ 2 1 5   km ▁length ▁and ▁Services ▁ 8 3 ▁stops . ▁ ▁The ▁le is ure ▁traffic ▁accum ul ates ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁distances ▁taken ▁by ▁the ▁regions ▁ 2 . 7 ▁Mill ion ▁inhabitants . ▁About ▁ 8 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁People , ▁round about ▁three ▁qu arters ▁of ▁the ▁soci ally ▁ins ured ▁employees , ▁don ' t ▁work ▁where ▁they ▁live . ▁ ▁Econom ic ▁significance ▁▁ ▁The ▁G ross ▁Dom estic ▁Product ▁for ▁Stuttgart ▁Region ▁was ▁recorded ▁at ▁about ▁