Indeed: Increase in vacation jobs in the Netherlands
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Indeed: Increase in vacation jobs in the Netherlands

NL Times  

The number of vacation jobs in the Netherlands continues to rise. According to the website, this supply has increased by 12 percent compared to last year, although exact figures are not disclosed. Looking at the last three years, the supply of vacation jobs increased by 48 percent. "The demand for hospitality staff remains high during the period that this sector experiences peak moments," explains Indeed Benelux director Stan Snijders. The site believes that demand for vacation jobs is likely to continue to rise in the near future.

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Netherlands residents looking for cheaper holiday destinations due to expensive flights
10 months ago

Netherlands residents looking for cheaper holiday destinations due to expensive flights

NL Times  

Expensive airline tickets have some Netherlands residents looking for alternative vacation destinations, according to research by the ANWB among nearly 2,000 Dutch. “Last year, 55 percent indicated that rising prices influenced their choice of a holiday destination. “50 percent go for a week or more, 30 percent go for two weeks, and 9 percent go for three weeks.” The international …

Netherlands residents booked record number of trips abroad
1 year, 9 months ago

Netherlands residents booked record number of trips abroad

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Netherlands residents massively booked holidays abroad in January. The number of bookings via a travel agency affiliated with the ANVR increased by 50 percent compared to last year, when coronavirus measures still restricted travel. But also compared to 2019 - the last year before the pandemic - the number of bookings increased by 13 percent, the ANVR said based on …

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

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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 …

Indeed: job vacancies on the rise in the Netherlands
1 year, 10 months ago

Indeed: job vacancies on the rise in the Netherlands

NL Times  

The number of job vacancies in the Netherlands continues to increase steadily and has almost returned to the record level of November last year, reported the job board Indeed after a survey. In the defense sector, the number of vacancies is now 170 percentage points higher than it was in February 2020, when the coronavirus crisis had not yet broken …

Netherlands residents massively switching jobs
1 year, 11 months ago

Netherlands residents massively switching jobs

NL Times  

The Great Resignation spilled over from the United States to the Netherlands. That is 404,000 people who switched jobs, a quarter more than before the pandemic and double compared to 10 years ago, the UWV said. According to UWV labor market analyst Michel van Smoorenburg, this has to do with the massive staff shortages that have emerged in the Dutch …

More Netherlands residents will look for cheap vacations close to home this year: NBTC
1 year, 11 months 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, 1 month 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 …

Tourism sector recovered slightly from Covid-dip last year
2 years, 3 months ago

Tourism sector recovered slightly from Covid-dip last year

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The added value of the Dutch tourism sector grew by 13.1 percent in 2021 compared to a year earlier, amounting to 19 billion euros. Because the tourism sector’s added value grew more than the Dutch economy as a whole in 2021, the sector’s share in the Dutch economy increased from 2.3 to 2.5 percent. Last year, tourists spent 5.7 billion …

More Netherlands residents switching jobs due to staff shortages
2 years, 5 months ago

More Netherlands residents switching jobs due to staff shortages

NL Times  

The number of people starting a new job increased significantly in the past year, likely pushed by staff shortages. In the first quarter of 2022, over 1.9 million workers started their job less than 12 months ago. While the number of workers with a new job increased, there were fewer people who had their current job for between one and …

Increase in both starting and closing businesses; Vacancies above pre-Covid levels
2 years, 6 months ago

Increase in both starting and closing businesses; Vacancies above pre-Covid levels

NL Times  

Over 21,000 new businesses opened in the Netherlands in May, but 10,000 companies also closed, the Chamber of Commerce announced. The number of job vacancies also more than recovered from its Covid-19 dip, with a record 400,000 more vacancies last year, Statistics Netherlands reported. “With the festival season starting and catching up with all kinds of celebrations, these are heydays …

Dutch labor market super tight: 133 vacancies per 100 unemployed
2 years, 7 months ago

Dutch labor market super tight: 133 vacancies per 100 unemployed

NL Times  

The labor market in the Netherlands is still growing tighter. In the first quarter of this year, there were 133 open vacancies per 100 unemployed people, up from 106 per 100 unemployed in the fourth quarter of 2021. The number of vacancies continues to grow as the number of unemployed people continues to fall, Statistics Netherlands reported on Tuesday. The …

More NL residents plan to go on vacation this year
2 years, 8 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 ago

More Dutch vacationing in the Netherlands, fewer Belgians and Germans

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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 …

Fewer tourists head for the Netherlands, down 73% on pre-Covid 2019
3 years, 2 months ago

Fewer tourists head for the Netherlands, down 73% on pre-Covid 2019

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The Dutch tourism and convention board NBTC is expecting 5.4 million foreign visitors will come to the Netherlands last year, which would be down just over a quarter on the 2020 figure. ‘The forecasts sketch a more dramatic picture than we had earlier this year,’ NBTC director Jos Vranken said. ‘This is because of the continuing restrictions on travel and …

Fewer tourists head for the Netherlands, down 73% on pre-Covid 2019
3 years, 2 months ago

Fewer tourists head for the Netherlands, down 73% on pre-Covid 2019

Dutch News  

The Dutch tourism and convention board NBTC is expecting 5.4 million foreign visitors will come to the Netherlands last year, which would be down just over a quarter on the 2020 figure. ‘The forecasts sketch a more dramatic picture than we had earlier this year,’ NBTC director Jos Vranken said. ‘This is because of the continuing restrictions on travel and …

Fewer foreign tourists expected than in Covid-year 2020
3 years, 2 months ago

Fewer foreign tourists expected than in Covid-year 2020

NL Times  

A total of 5.4 million foreign tourists will visit the Netherlands this year - over a quarter less than pandemic year 2020 and 73 percent less than in 2019, the Netherlands Bureau for Tourism & Congresses said on Monday. The NBTC is hoping for more foreign tourists next year, but expects that foreign tourism will remain at the same level …

Uncertainty keeping many vacationers in the Netherlands
3 years, 5 months ago

Uncertainty keeping many vacationers in the Netherlands

NL Times  

With the uncertainty surrounding travel rising again in the wake of increasing coronavirus infections numbers, many people are leaning towards a domestic vacation this holiday season. “We have not yet heard the government say that we, as Dutch people, can’t go on holiday in the Netherlands so at least that is a safe choice”, a spokesperson for holiday park organization …

Most Dutch plan on a domestic vacation this year
3 years, 11 months ago

Most Dutch plan on a domestic vacation this year

NL Times  

The pandemic resulted in many Dutch people planning their holidays closer to home this year. “Air travel is still lagging behind, due to the high risk of cancellation”, says director of Zoover, Judith Eyck. Besides their home country, many Dutch are also casting an eye towards France and Italy for their summer holiday - destinations that can be reached by …

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