Overnight accommodation; guests, overnight stays, occupancy, key figures

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Periods Hotel/boarding house/youth hostel Guests All countries (x 1 000) Hotel/boarding house/youth hostel Guests Netherlands (x 1 000) Hotel/boarding house/youth hostel Guests Foreign countries (x 1 000) Hotel/boarding house/youth hostel Overnight stays All countries (x 1 000) Hotel/boarding house/youth hostel Overnight stays Netherlands (x 1 000) Hotel/boarding house/youth hostel Overnight stays Foreign countries (x 1 000) Hotel/boarding house/youth hostel Business related overnight stays (x 1 000) Hotel/boarding house/youth hostel Occupancy (%) Leisure accommodation Campsite Guests All countries (x 1 000) Leisure accommodation Campsite Guests Netherlands (x 1 000) Leisure accommodation Campsite Guests Foreign countries (x 1 000) Leisure accommodation Campsite Overnight stays All countries (x 1 000) Leisure accommodation Campsite Overnight stays Netherlands (x 1 000) Leisure accommodation Campsite Overnight stays Foreign countries (x 1 000) Leisure accommodation Campsite Occupancy (%) Leisure accommodation Holiday park Guests All countries (x 1 000) Leisure accommodation Holiday park Guests Netherlands (x 1 000) Leisure accommodation Holiday park Guests Foreign countries (x 1 000) Leisure accommodation Holiday park Overnight stays All countries (x 1 000) Leisure accommodation Holiday park Overnight stays Netherlands (x 1 000) Leisure accommodation Holiday park Overnight stays Foreign countries (x 1 000) Leisure accommodation Holiday park Occupancy (%) Leisure accommodation Group accommodation Guests All countries (x 1 000) Leisure accommodation Group accommodation Guests Netherlands (x 1 000) Leisure accommodation Group accommodation Guests Foreign countries (x 1 000) Leisure accommodation Group accommodation Overnight stays All countries (x 1 000) Leisure accommodation Group accommodation Overnight stays Netherlands (x 1 000) Leisure accommodation Group accommodation Overnight stays Foreign countries (x 1 000) Leisure accommodation Group accommodation Occupancy (%)
2018 September 2,661 1,368 1,293 4,680 2,204 2,476 1,930 55.2 414 303 111 2,157 1,684 473 9.8 690 479 211 3,254 2,183 1,071 35.3 225 215 10 520 491 29 31.2
2018 October 2,669 1,386 1,283 4,588 2,181 2,407 1,920 52.7 210 126 84 921 552 370 5.5 936 624 312 4,008 2,589 1,420 42.9 152 142 10 385 352 33 23.1
2018 November 2,253 1,178 1,076 3,766 1,803 1,964 1,620 45.3 28 11 17 109 44 65 2.3 587 399 188 2,346 1,550 795 29.2 91 85 6 197 183 15 14.1
2018 December 2,090 1,125 965 3,530 1,714 1,817 1,240 41.5 18 11 7 69 46 23 1.8 523 420 104 2,143 1,720 423 26.1 62 57 4 190 176 14 13.7
2019 January 1,909 966 943 3,258 1,474 1,784 1,400 36.6 16 8 9 64 28 36 1.8 473 345 128 2,036 1,450 586 23.4 59 57 2 139 133 6 10.0
2019 February 1,998 983 1,015 3,381 1,514 1,868 1,390 41.4 18 9 9 58 32 26 1.7 491 384 107 1,878 1,469 408 24.1 58 55 3 147 138 9 11.7
2019 March 2,477 1,227 1,250 4,240 1,891 2,349 1,730 46.4 54 31 23 165 91 74 2.1 670 483 187 2,654 1,918 736 29.6 88 84 5 189 178 11 12.5
2019 April 2,765 1,227 1,538 4,974 2,006 2,968 1,930 55.3 409 245 164 1,618 929 689 7.6 1,006 547 459 4,264 2,164 2,100 43.6 127 114 13 321 277 44 19.6
2019 May 2,745 1,335 1,410 4,868 2,157 2,711 1,940 52.3 427 331 96 1,752 1,403 349 7.8 829 621 208 3,457 2,570 887 34.2 192 185 7 462 440 22 26.6
2019 June 2,852 1,410 1,442 5,085 2,307 2,778 2,000 56.4 857 603 255 3,942 2,855 1,087 18.2 946 613 333 4,144 2,603 1,541 42.4 239 226 13 582 543 39 34.5
2019 July 2,853 1,323 1,530 5,371 2,255 3,116 1,720 57.6 809 562 247 4,718 3,452 1,267 21.1 899 506 393 4,956 2,664 2,292 48.9 143 123 20 577 459 119 33.3
2019 August 2,919 1,415 1,504 5,678 2,495 3,183 1,760 60.9 987 728 259 6,247 4,935 1,313 27.9 1,086 700 386 6,449 4,151 2,298 63.7 150 129 21 609 462 147 35.1
2019 September 2,663 1,355 1,308 4,798 2,228 2,571 1,990 53.1 421 307 115 2,162 1,675 486 10.0 845 576 270 3,792 2,487 1,305 38.7 236 229 7 546 528 18 32.5
Source: CBS.
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This table presents an overview of the occupancy of accommodation and the number of guests and their overnight stays in the Netherlands in all hotels, motels, boarding houses, apartments with hotel services, youth accommodation and bed & breakfasts with at least 5 sleeping places, campsites with at least 4 pitches and holiday parks and group accommodation with at least 10 sleeping places. The figures can be broken down by type of accommodation.

Data available from: 2012

Status of the figures:
The figures for 2024 are provisional and all other figures are final.

Changes as of 11 December 2024:
The provisional figures for October 2024 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
Figures of a new month become available within three months after the end of that month, these are provisional figures. The figures for the complete year are revised one month after publication of the December figures, these are revised provisional figures. Two months later definite figures will be published.

Description topics

Hotel/boarding house/youth hostel
Hotel, motel, boarding house, apartment with hotel services, youth accommodation or bed & breakfast.

Hotel:
Tourist accommodation with at least 5 beds (usually in single or double rooms) on a night-to-night basis. Separate meals, snacks and drinks may be provided to guests as well as non-guests. A guest is someone who spends the night in the establishment. Other services provided are room service, daily bed-making and cleaning of sanitary facilities.

Motel:
Tourist accommodation at least 5 beds in with terraced rooms giving access to a car park place or common area, for guest accommodation on a night-to-night basis.

Boarding house:
Tourist accommodation with at least 5 beds (usually in single or double rooms) on a night-to-night basis. Separate meals, snacks and drinks can be provided only to guests who spent the night..
A threshold of at least 5 sleeping places is used.

Apartment with hotel services:
Apartment with at least 5 beds, providing cleaning and bed-making services during a stay

Youth accommodation:
Youth hotels and hostels with at least 5 beds.
A youth hotel is a hotel mainly for young guests providing sleeping facilities which do not have to be shared with others.
A youth hostel is an accommodation mainly for young guests providing sleeping facilities in dormitories that may have to be shared with others.

Bed & breakfast:
Private house with at least 5 beds for guests who can stay overnight and are given breakfast.
Guests
A guest is a visitor who spends one or more consecutive nights in tourist accommodation. Guests do not include visitors who stay for more than two months. Asylum seekers and labour migrants are not included, even if they stay in accommodation for less than two months. Every month all tourists leaving in that month are counted, irrespective of the month in which they arrived. The same person may be counted more than once in the same accommodation or in different accommodation.
All countries
Netherlands
Dutch residents.
Foreign countries
Foreign residents.
Overnight stays
Every night that a guest spends in a tourist accommodation.
All countries
Netherlands
Dutch residents.
Foreign countries
Foreign residents.
Business related overnight stays
The number of business related overnight stays is calculated with the help of the percentage of business related overnight stays provided by the accommodations.
Occupancy
The number of nights spent by tourists in a given period divided by the product of the number of sleeping places in accommodations (that are currently open for guests) and the number of days of the period in question.
For example, the number of nights spent in March amounts to 1800 overnight stays and the number of sleeping places in the open accommodations is 150.
The (net) occupancy rate in March is 1 800/(31 x 150), expressed as a percentage this results to 39%.
Leisure accommodation
Campsites, holiday parks and group accommodation.

Campsite:
A campsite is an area where people can stay overnight in tents, touring and on-site caravans, camper vans and cabins.
A threshold of at least 4 camping pitches is used.

Holiday park:
An area with, holiday homes, cottages or apartments which are mainly rented out by the park management
Apartments with hotel services, are not included in holiday parks, but in hotels.
Apartments rented without hotel services, which are often part of a larger building, are included in holiday parks.
A threshold of at least 10 beds is used.

Group accommodation:
Accommodation providing lodging mainly for groups (not families), with at least 10 beds in rooms, dormitories , holiday chalets, cabin apartments or tents which guests may have to share with others.
The term ‘group accommodation’ includes:
- farms providing accommodation for groups on
- large holiday homes
- holiday camps
- nature camps
- stables
- sailing/outdoor adventure organisations.
Campsite
A campsite is an area where people can stay overnight in tents, touring and on-site caravans, camper vans and cabins.
A threshold of at least 4 camping pitches is used.

Guests
A guest is a visitor who spends one or more consecutive nights in tourist accommodation. Guests do not include visitors who stay for more than two months. Asylum seekers and labour migrants are not included, even if they stay in accommodation for less than two months. Every month all tourists leaving in that month are counted, irrespective of the month in which they arrived. The same person may be counted more than once in the same accommodation or in different accommodation.
All countries
Netherlands
Dutch residents.
Foreign countries
Foreign residents.
Overnight stays
Every night that a guest spends in a tourist accommodation.
All countries
Netherlands
Dutch residents.
Foreign countries
Foreign residents.
Occupancy
The number of nights spent by tourists in a given period divided by the product of the number of sleeping places in accommodations (that are currently open for guests) and the number of days of the period in question.
For example, the number of nights spent in March amounts to 1800 overnight stays and the number of sleeping places in the open accommodations is 150.
The (net) occupancy rate in March is 1 800/(31 x 150), expressed as a percentage this results to 39%.
Holiday park
An area with, holiday homes, cottages or apartments which are mainly rented out by the park management
Apartments with hotel services, are not included in holiday parks, but in hotels.
Apartments rented without hotel services, which are often part of a larger building, are included in holiday parks.
A threshold of at least 10 beds is used.



Guests
A guest is a visitor who spends one or more consecutive nights in tourist accommodation. Guests do not include visitors who stay for more than two months. Asylum seekers and labour migrants are not included, even if they stay in accommodation for less than two months. Every month all tourists leaving in that month are counted, irrespective of the month in which they arrived. The same person may be counted more than once in the same accommodation or in different accommodation.
All countries
Netherlands
Dutch residents.
Foreign countries
Foreign residents.
Overnight stays
Every night that a guest spends in a tourist accommodation.
All countries
Netherlands
Dutch residents.
Foreign countries
Foreign residents.
Occupancy
The number of nights spent by tourists in a given period divided by the product of the number of sleeping places in accommodations (that are currently open for guests) and the number of days of the period in question.
For example, the number of nights spent in March amounts to 1800 overnight stays and the number of sleeping places in the open accommodations is 150.
The (net) occupancy rate in March is 1 800/(31 x 150), expressed as a percentage this results to 39%.
Group accommodation
Accommodation providing lodging mainly for groups (not families), with at least 10 beds in rooms, dormitories , holiday chalets, cabin apartments or tents which guests may have to share with others.
The term ‘group accommodation’ includes:
- farms providing accommodation for groups on
- large holiday homes
- holiday camps
- nature camps
- stables
- sailing/outdoor adventure organisations.

Guests
A guest is a visitor who spends one or more consecutive nights in tourist accommodation. Guests do not include visitors who stay for more than two months. Asylum seekers and labour migrants are not included, even if they stay in accommodation for less than two months. Every month all tourists leaving in that month are counted, irrespective of the month in which they arrived. The same person may be counted more than once in the same accommodation or in different accommodation.
All countries
Netherlands
Dutch residents.
Foreign countries
Foreign residents.
Overnight stays
Every night that a guest spends in a tourist accommodation.
All countries
Netherlands
Dutch residents.
Foreign countries
Foreign residents.
Occupancy
The number of nights spent by tourists in a given period divided by the product of the number of sleeping places in accommodations (that are currently open for guests) and the number of days of the period in question.
For example, the number of nights spent in March amounts to 1800 overnight stays and the number of sleeping places in the open accommodations is 150.
The (net) occupancy rate in March is 1 800/(31 x 150), expressed as a percentage this results to 39%.