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Short holiday
Absence from home for leisure or recreation purposes with a minimum of one and a maximum of three consecutive nights spent away from home.
Overnight accommodation; guests, country of residence, type, region
Guests, overnight stays in hotels, holiday parks, groupaccommodation and on camp sites by type of accommodation, regio and country of residence
Two-thirds of summer holidays booked online
In the summer period of 2017, three out of four Dutch people (12.7 million) went on holiday one or more times. Nearly nine in ten holidays were spent in Europe, with Germany being the favourite...
Three years of COVID-19 in figures
How has the country been affected by the pandemic? Aside from distinct waves of excess mortality, there were numerous other outliers in national statistics.
Greece relatively cheapest for holidays
Out of the five most popular summer holiday destinations, Greece has the cheapest hotels and restaurants.
Holiday groceries relatively cheap in Spain
Out of the five most visited holiday destinations, Spain is the cheapest for holidaymakers who buy their own groceries.
Record number of tourists booking overnight stays
In the third quarter of 2022, Dutch hotels, holiday parks and group accommodations received a total of 14.6 million guests.
Tourism value added recovered slightly in 2021
In 2021, the gross value added of the tourism sector grew by 13.1 percent year on year (adjusted for price changes) and stood at 19 billion euros.
Good summer for campsites and holiday parks due to domestic tourism
Dutch tourist accommodations booked a record number of overnight stays in July and August 2020, even more than in the peak year 2019.
More package holidays
Last year, 12.5 million Dutch went on holiday at least once. Fewer and fewer people go on holiday without having made prior arrangements.
Overnight accommodation; guests, overnight stays, occupancy, key figures
Guests, overnight stays, occupancy in hotels, holiday parks, groupaccommodation and on camp sites by type of accommodation
Hotel holidays gaining popularity
Eight in ten Dutch take a holiday at least once a year. The number of (online) hotel reservations through travel agencies is increasing.
Holidays 2007: more often and further away
In 2007, the Dutch spent 22.4 million long holidays in the Netherlands and abroad, three times as many as in 1969. Compared to 1969, the Dutch more often go on holiday.
Dutch spend nearly 16 billion euros on holidays in 2012
The Dutch population spent a total of nearly 16 billion euros on holidays last year, of which 12.9 billion on foreign holidays. Most holidays are spent outside the Netherlands, but the number of...
Short-term unemployment further down
In the second quarter, 322 thousand people were out of work for less than one year, i.e. 81 thousand fewer than in the same quarter in 2014. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the number of...
Oil tankers dominate short sea shipping
Dutch ports handled a total of nearly 570 million tons of goods in 2014. Nearly half (48 percent) was carried by coastal shipping also referred to as short sea shipping. The rest of the goods were...
More over-55s on holiday
The number of holidaymakers aged 55 and older has risen from 2.8 million in 2002 to 3.5 million in 2012 as the post-war baby boomer generation is ageing. These over-55s tend to go on holiday more...
More and more Dutch holidaying in Germany
Dutch holidaymakers have been increasingly travelling to Germany in recent years. Sauerland and the Eifel region are particularly popular holiday destinations.
Holidays; key figures, 1990-2016
Holidays of Dutch population in own country and abroad holiday destination, type accommodation, type of transportation
Mobility trend; per stage, modes of travel, purposes of travel, age and sex
Number of stages, distance and time travelled per stage/person per day modes of travel, travel purposes, age and sex
Institutional investors; short-term and long-term investments 1950 - 2012
Investments by type of investment. Pension funds, insurance corporations and investment funds.
Holiday country
The country where the largest number of nights was spent during a holiday.
Long holiday
Absence from home for leisure or recreation purposes with at least four consecutive nights spent away from home.