Tourists spend 10.2 billion euros in the Netherlands – NU.nl

In addition to travel subsistence they spent EUR 2.1 billion on food and drink and they bought for 1 billion souvenirs, clothing and other necessities.

According to figures from the NBTC Holland Marketing, which minister Henk Kamp of Economic Affairs (EZ) Thursday takes delivery.

The number of visitors to the Netherlands over the past fifteen years has increased by 40 percent. It is expected that the number of tourists and business travelers in the coming years increases to sixteen million in 2020.

Amsterdam in 2014 remained the most popular destination for foreign tourists with more than five million visitors. Only 13 percent of the tourists go after their visit to the capital still to another destination in the Netherlands.

Vacation

Of all foreign visitors came to 70 percent for a vacation to our country. Especially breaks (35 percent) and a seaside holiday (22 percent) are popular with foreign tourists.

That gives an average of 600

euros on his vacation in the Netherlands. Additionally, came over a quarter for a business visit to the Netherlands. The business visitor spends an average of over 1,000 euros to his visit, said the NBTC.

Stay

The length of stay in the Netherlands is often relatively short. More than half (55 percent) of all visitors staying less than three nights in our country.

The study of the tourism organization show that 85 percent of visitors assesses stay in the Netherlands as excellent or very good .

Improvement according to the 4,300 surveyed tourists include the provision of information and public transport

By:. ANP