Amsterdam hotels see sharp increase in overnight stays: report
5 years, 5 months ago

Amsterdam hotels see sharp increase in overnight stays: report

NL Times  

Hotels in Amsterdam had a strong start this year. In the first four months of 2019 there were 12.5 percent more overnight hotel stays in the Dutch capital than in the same period last year, De Telegraaf reports based on figures from ABN Amro's economic bureau. In the first four months of this year, Chinese tourists booked 33 percent more overnight stays in hotels in the capital than in the same period last year, according to the newspaper. Hotel stays by British tourists also saw a sharp increase, by 18 percent. "If the growth continues throughout the year at the same pace as in the first four months, there will be 18.8 million hotel overnights in Amsterdam from 9.5 million guests in 2019", ABN Amro economist Sonny Duijn said to the Telegraaf.

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Amsterdam residents stage protests against ‘unliveable’ conditions due to overtourism as new hotels pop up
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Amsterdam residents stage protests against ‘unliveable’ conditions due to overtourism as new hotels pop up

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Amsterdam is the latest European city to stage protests against overtourism following a campaign against its …

Amsterdam hotel prices top €200 a night, with more to come
4 months ago

Amsterdam hotel prices top €200 a night, with more to come

Dutch News  

The price of a hotel room in the Netherlands is now well above the pre-coronavirus level of 2019 but occupancy rates have not yet fully recovered, according to a new report on the Dutch hotel sector by Horwath HTL. On average, a hotel room in the Netherlands cost €166 last year, a rise of 38% since 2019, the research showed. …

Amsterdam hotel prices top €200 a night, with more to come
4 months ago

Amsterdam hotel prices top €200 a night, with more to come

Dutch News  

The price of a hotel room in the Netherlands is now well above the pre-coronavirus level of 2019 but occupancy rates have not yet fully recovered, according to a new report on the Dutch hotel sector by Horwath HTL. On average, a hotel room in the Netherlands cost €166 last year, a rise of 38% since 2019, the research showed. …

Dutch hotels fear value-added tax hike will hit sales
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Dutch hotels fear value-added tax hike will hit sales

Dutch News  

The cabinet’s plans to increase value added tax on hotel rooms will put up prices 11% and cost the sector hundreds of millions of euros, the Financieele Dagblad reported on Monday. The move will be a “major blow” for the sector, said Camille Oostwegel, owner of four hotels in Limburg. We can’t just pass on the cost to customers.” Marco …

Dutch hotels fear value-added tax hike will hit sales
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Dutch hotels fear value-added tax hike will hit sales

Dutch News  

The cabinet’s plans to increase value added tax on hotel rooms will put up prices 11% and cost the sector hundreds of millions of euros, the Financieele Dagblad reported on Monday. The move will be a “major blow” for the sector, said Camille Oostwegel, owner of four hotels in Limburg. We can’t just pass on the cost to customers.” Marco …

Amsterdam's tourist industry brings in big money: The Economist
5 months, 1 week ago

Amsterdam's tourist industry brings in big money: The Economist

Dutch News  

Amsterdam has the highest number of tourists per resident in a ranking of the world’s most popular cities, but they also bring in more financial benefits for the locals, according to new research by The Economist. The ranking lists 20 popular destinations, ranging from the Dutch capital to Barcelona and Istanbul, and calculates both the number of tourists and the …

Amsterdam's tourist industry brings in big money: The Economist
5 months, 1 week ago

Amsterdam's tourist industry brings in big money: The Economist

Dutch News  

Amsterdam has the highest number of tourists per resident in a ranking of the world’s most popular cities, but they also bring in more financial benefits for the locals, according to new research by The Economist. The ranking lists 20 popular destinations, ranging from the Dutch capital to Barcelona and Istanbul, and calculates both the number of tourists and the …

Tourism in Netherlands close to pre-Covid levels with hotel occupancy rising
1 year, 10 months ago

Tourism in Netherlands close to pre-Covid levels with hotel occupancy rising

NL Times  

The number of tourists who spent the night in Dutch accommodations last year increased by 40 percent to 44 million compared to 2021. Tourists spent a total of 127.8 million nights in Dutch accommodations - an increase of 26 percent compared to 2021 and 4 percent higher than 2019, which was already a record year. Dutch hotels accommodated 28 million …

More Netherlands residents will look for cheap vacations close to home this year: NBTC
2 years ago

More Netherlands residents will look for cheap vacations close to home this year: NBTC

NL Times  

The demand for vacations in the Netherlands will increase again among the Dutch this year compared to the last year before the coronavirus crisis, the Netherlands Bureau for Tourism & Congresses said in its International Vacation Monitor. However, inflation, energy prices, consumer confidence, and the coronavirus make it more difficult to predict whether people will actually convert their holiday intention …

Record number of tourists booked accommodation in Netherlands
2 years, 2 months ago

Record number of tourists booked accommodation in Netherlands

NL Times  

Dutch hotels, campsites, holiday parks, and group accommodations received 14.6 million guests in the third quarter - a new record for the third quarter. In the third quarter, 5.4 million international tourists stayed in Dutch accommodations, double compared to 2021 but still lower than before the coronavirus in 2019. The number of Dutch tourists who booked an overnight stay in …

More NL residents plan to go on vacation this year
2 years, 9 months ago

More NL residents plan to go on vacation this year

NL Times  

Eight out of ten Netherlands residents plan to go on holiday this year, an increase compared to last year's seven in ten, the Netherlands Bureau for Tourism and Congresses said in its holiday monitor. The holiday monitor also shows that fewer Netherlands residents plan to holiday in their home country this year than last year. "Based on the new results …

More Dutch vacationing in the Netherlands, fewer Belgians and Germans
3 years, 1 month ago

More Dutch vacationing in the Netherlands, fewer Belgians and Germans

NL Times  

Residents of the Netherlands vacationing in their own country last summer led to an increase in the number of guests at Dutch hotels, campsites, and other overnight locations. The number of foreign guests fell in the third quarter of the year by 13 percent compared to the previous year. Hotels, group accommodations, and camping and cottage parks combined received 5 …

Amsterdam mulls new tourism measures to protect locals as COVID-19 keeps away boisterous travellers – Firstpost
3 years, 8 months ago

Amsterdam mulls new tourism measures to protect locals as COVID-19 keeps away boisterous travellers – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Amsterdam has been trying to navigate a conundrum for years: how to embrace its status as a vibrant, international hub without making the city unlivable for its residents — and without letting go of its famous, free-spirited roots. “But I think there was a moment of really big joy in getting our city back.” It’s a tension that Amsterdam has …

Overnight stays by tourists down 30 percent in 2020
3 years, 10 months ago

Overnight stays by tourists down 30 percent in 2020

NL Times  

Compared to the year prior, the number of overnight stays in accommodations decreased by 30 percent in 2020, data from Statistics Netherlands showed. During the second quarter of last year, when the first coronavirus wave hit the country, tourism was hit hardest with overnight stays decreasing by over 71 percent. Camping sites in the Netherlands only saw a four percent …

Campsites benefiting from Dutch holidaying in NL; Hotels missing foreign tourists
4 years, 1 month ago

Campsites benefiting from Dutch holidaying in NL; Hotels missing foreign tourists

NL Times  

After seeing a massive 93 percent decrease in overnight stays in April 2020, Dutch accommodations booked a record number of stays in July and August 2020 - even more than in the record year of 2019. By contrast, around 5.9 million Dutch people holidayed in the Netherlands in the third quarter, an increase of 24 percent Campsites and, to a …

Hotels and holiday parks report 72% drop in guests in Q2, Amsterdam hardest hit
4 years, 4 months ago

Hotels and holiday parks report 72% drop in guests in Q2, Amsterdam hardest hit

Dutch News  

Hotels, holiday parks and campsites in the Netherlands reported a 72% drop in the number of guests in the second quarter of this year, as the coronavirus crisis put paid to holiday plans. The figures, from national statistics agency CBS, cover every location offering at least five rooms to tourists, so do not include private holiday rentals. The CBS says …

NL tourist accommodations saw customers drop 72%
4 years, 4 months ago

NL tourist accommodations saw customers drop 72%

NL Times  

After a record year in 2019, the second quarter of 2020 was a tough one for tourist accommodations in the Netherlands. Due to the coronavirus and resulting travel restrictions, these accommodations received 72 percent fewer guests than in the same period last year. Amsterdam accommodations were hit hardest, seeing the number of visitors drop 92 percent, Statistics Netherlands reported on …

Big decrease in overnight hotel guests in the Netherlands
4 years, 7 months ago

Big decrease in overnight hotel guests in the Netherlands

NL Times  

A drop-off of 17 percent was recorded in the number of guests staying in overnight accommodations in the first quarter of 2020 relative to the same numbers from last year, according to Statistics Netherlands. According to Statistics Netherlands, 8.3 million guests frequented Dutch hotels in the first quarter of 2019. All things considered, hotels were the hardest-hit among in the …

More overnight stays by tourists, both Dutch and from abroad
4 years, 10 months ago

More overnight stays by tourists, both Dutch and from abroad

Dutch News  

Tourists from both the Netherlands and abroad spent a total of 124 million nights in Dutch hotels, campsites and holiday houses last year, a 7% rise on 2018, according to new figures from national statistics office CBS. Foreign tourist numbers rose 8% while 3% more Dutch visitors were prompted to spend a night away from home, the CBS said. Noord-Holland, …

More overnight stays by tourists, both Dutch and from abroad
4 years, 10 months ago

More overnight stays by tourists, both Dutch and from abroad

Dutch News  

Tourists from both the Netherlands and abroad spent a total of 124 million nights in Dutch hotels, campsites and holiday houses last year, a 7% rise on 2018, according to new figures from national statistics office CBS. Foreign tourist numbers rose 8% while 3% more Dutch visitors were prompted to spend a night away from home, the CBS said. Noord-Holland, …

Over 46 million tourists stayed in Netherlands accommodations
4 years, 10 months ago

Over 46 million tourists stayed in Netherlands accommodations

NL Times  

Last year 46.3 million people spent the night in accommodations in the Netherlands, an increase of 5 percent compared to 2018. The number of overnight stays increased by 7 percent to 124 million nights spent, Statistics Netherlands reported on Thursday. Both the number of Dutch and foreign tourists who spent the night in registered accommodations increased, by 3 percent and …

Over 20 million foreign tourists spent the night in NL last year
4 years, 11 months ago

Over 20 million foreign tourists spent the night in NL last year

NL Times  

The number of foreign tourists staying overnight in the Netherlands continues to grow. Last year, a total of 20.1 million tourists from abroad spent at least one night in our country, a growth of 7 percent compared to the year before, ANP and De Telegraaf report based on figures from the Netherlands' office of tourism and congresses NBTC. The vast …

Number of hotels in Amsterdam region skyrocketing: report
5 years ago

Number of hotels in Amsterdam region skyrocketing: report

NL Times  

The number of hotels in and around Amsterdam continues to grow. In the region around the Dutch capital, the number of hotel rooms grew by 40 percent, the Volkskrant reports based on its own analysis of figures from Statistics Netherlands and Amsterdam's stats department IOS. Despite this, the number of new hotel rooms in Amsterdam still increased and will only …

Nearly 10 million tourists visited Netherlands in the summer
5 years, 1 month ago

Nearly 10 million tourists visited Netherlands in the summer

NL Times  

Accommodations in the Netherlands attracted nearly 10 million tourists during the summer months of July and August this year, 4.4 percent more than in the same months last year. In total these guests accounted for nearly 35 million overnight stays, 7.6 percent more than last year, Statistics Netherlands reported on Monday. In these two months 5.53 million tourists from within …

Airbnb use in Amsterdam down for first time
5 years, 8 months ago

Airbnb use in Amsterdam down for first time

NL Times  

After years of growth, the use of Airbnb in Amsterdam fell for the first time last year, according to real estate adviser Colliers based on figures from research agency AirDNA. The number of Airbnb overnight stays in Amsterdam fell by 5 percent to 1.98 million last year, according to Colliers. The use of competitor Homeaway grew by 61 percent to …

Amsterdam tourist tax plan will 'hit budget hotels too hard'
5 years, 10 months ago

Amsterdam tourist tax plan will 'hit budget hotels too hard'

Dutch News  

Amsterdam city council’s plan to increase tourist tax still further is threatening the survival of budget hotels, according to hospitality industry lobby group KHN. Spokesman Jonatan Tsuff told the Parool the plan to bring in an additional flat tax per overnight stay will make the city too expensive for less well-off tourists. The basic tourist tax went up to 7% …

Amsterdam tourist tax plan will 'hit budget hotels too hard'
5 years, 10 months ago

Amsterdam tourist tax plan will 'hit budget hotels too hard'

Dutch News  

Amsterdam city council’s plan to increase tourist tax still further is threatening the survival of budget hotels, according to hospitality industry lobby group KHN. Spokesman Jonatan Tsuff told the Parool the plan to bring in an additional flat tax per overnight stay will make the city too expensive for less well-off tourists. The basic tourist tax went up to 7% …

Amsterdam's Tourist Boom: 10 Tourists for Every Resident
6 years, 9 months ago

Amsterdam's Tourist Boom: 10 Tourists for Every Resident

Dutch News  

New analysis reveals that Amsterdam is becoming increasingly popular with tourists, with 10 tourists for every resident. While most tourists are Dutch, the growth in tourism is coming from abroad. The report also notes concerns about social unrest in other cities, including Amsterdam, which has resulted in a stop in central hotel building and other restrictions on short-term rentals.

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