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Fewer domestic but more foreign guests in accommodation in 2025

April 17, 2026
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In 2025, 52,2 million guests stayed in Dutch hotels, campsites, and holiday parks. That is nearly 2 percent more than in 2024. The growth in 2025 came from foreign guests. There were 22,3 million of them, a 5 percent increase.

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Expenditure by foreign visitors to the Netherlands is higher than before corona

In the third quarter of 2023, expenditure by foreign travelers in the Netherlands was 25 percent higher than in the summer months of 2019. Due to the corona measures, this fell sharply in 2020 and 2021. Outbound travel is also...

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Fewer domestic but more foreign guests in accommodation in 2025

Museums and heritage sites resilient, but dependence on foreign visitors is a risk

Expenditure by foreign visitors to the Netherlands is higher than before corona

The Netherlands in the top 5 of holiday destinations for Belgians and Germans this summer

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