Hotels; guests, country of residence, star rating

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Star rating Periods Guests (x 1,000) Overnight stays (x 1,000)
Total 2021 February 632 964
2022 February 1,393 2,349
2023 February 2,085 3,823
2024 February 2,151 4,037
2025 February** 2,178 4,079
2026 February* 2,208 4,053
Accommodations without stars 2021 February 33 65
2022 February 98 184
2023 February 146 295
2024 February 147 301
2025 February** 165 341
2026 February* 197 367
1 star accommodations 2021 February 7 11
2022 February 16 26
2023 February 18 39
2024 February 12 26
2025 February** 20 40
2026 February* 21 43
2 star accommodations 2021 February 21 42
2022 February 40 74
2023 February 103 199
2024 February 83 159
2025 February** 82 155
2026 February* 77 142
3 star accommodations 2021 February 147 245
2022 February 372 667
2023 February 541 1,013
2024 February 576 1,108
2025 February** 548 1,073
2026 February* 520 981
4 star accommodations 2021 February 401 573
2022 February 812 1,318
2023 February 1,164 2,073
2024 February 1,219 2,221
2025 February** 1,244 2,244
2026 February* 1,267 2,284
5 star accommodations 2021 February 22 28
2022 February 54 80
2023 February 113 204
2024 February 114 224
2025 February** 118 227
2026 February* 125 235
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table presents an overview of the number of guests and their overnight stays in the Netherlands in all hotels, motels, boarding houses, apartments with hotel services, youth accommodation and bed & breakfasts with at least 5 sleeping places. The figures can be broken down by country of residence of the guest, and by star rating. Figures are available for The Netherlands as a whole, and for the city of Amsterdam.

The breakdown by star rating is based on the opinion of the accommodation itself. The star rating does not have to be officially registered. The breakdown contains all types of accommodation mentioned above, not just hotels. The '5 stars' category contains 5 star hotels, but also for instance 5 star bed&breakfasts.

Break in series:
Figures on guests and overnight stays per star rating for the years until 2015, that were published before, were based on offical registrations of the number of stars by the 'Bedrijfschap Horeca en Catering'. This official registration does no longer exist. Therefore, Statistics Netherlands started asking accommodations about their number of stars in its annual survey. For this reason, the figures in this table are not directly comparable with figures published about the years until 2015.

Data available from: 2017

Status of the figures:
The figures for 2024 and earlier are final, the figures for 2025 are revised provisional and the figures for 2026 are provisional.

Changes as of 17 April 2026:
The provisional figures for 2025 have been revised.

When will new figures be published?
Figures of a new month become available within three months after the end of that month, these are provisional figures.

Description topics

Guests
A guest is a visitor who stays in a hotel or boarding house for at least one night.
Guests do not include:
- Permanent guests who stay in a hotel or boarding house for more than two months.
- Guests who have a permanent pitch on a camp site or rent a holiday home for more than two months.
- Asylum seekers, even those who stay in an accommodation for less than two months.
For each month the guests who checked out in that month will be counted in the survey, regardless of the month they arrived.
A person who stays in a hotel accommodation more than twice in a month (either the same establishment or different establishments) is counted as a guest each time.
Overnight stays
All guests spend nights in a overnight accommodation.