Due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the number of tourist arrivals in Belgium decreased sharply in 2020 over the previous year. In 2019, domestic tourists made up most tourist arrivals in Belgium, with approximately 8.7 million arrivals. In 2020, the number of domestic arrivals dropped to about 4.8 million. Meanwhile, the number of arrivals by Dutch tourists in Belgium went down from approximately two million in 2019 to roughly 742 thousand in 2020.
Domestic and international tourism in Belgium had very different responses to the events that affected the industry in 2019 and 2020. The spending of international tourists in Belgian territory amounted to roughly 10 billion in 2019, and saw a strong drop in 2020. Meanwhile, the spending of domestic tourists went down from over 18 billion euros in 2019 to less than 10 billion in 2020.
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Toerisme Vlaanderen. (July 14, 2021). Number of tourist arrivals in Belgium in 2019 and 2020, by country of origin (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1043744/number-of-arrivals-in-belgium-by-country-of-origin/
Toerisme Vlaanderen. "Number of tourist arrivals in Belgium in 2019 and 2020, by country of origin (in 1,000s)." Chart. July 14, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1043744/number-of-arrivals-in-belgium-by-country-of-origin/
Toerisme Vlaanderen. (2021). Number of tourist arrivals in Belgium in 2019 and 2020, by country of origin (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1043744/number-of-arrivals-in-belgium-by-country-of-origin/
Toerisme Vlaanderen. "Number of Tourist Arrivals in Belgium in 2019 and 2020, by Country of Origin (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1043744/number-of-arrivals-in-belgium-by-country-of-origin/
Toerisme Vlaanderen, Number of tourist arrivals in Belgium in 2019 and 2020, by country of origin (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1043744/number-of-arrivals-in-belgium-by-country-of-origin/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Number of tourist arrivals in Belgium in 2019 and 2020, by country of origin (in 1,000s) [Graph], Toerisme Vlaanderen, July 14, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1043744/number-of-arrivals-in-belgium-by-country-of-origin/