Tourism participation by age group in Belgium

Younger generation of travelers in Belgium have a significantly higher interest in outbound travel compared to their older counterparts. In 2018, there was a difference of 12 percent when it comes to outbound trips between the youngest and the oldest age groups. This was particularly popular to travelers aged 15 to 24 years old, with 32.22 percent stating that they took outbound trips in that year. Meanwhile, domestic tourism was slightly more common among middle-aged travelers, particularly among 35 to 44 years old, although in general less than five percent of all age groups participated in such trips in 2018.

Share of population travelling for personal purposes in Belgium in 2018, by age group

Characteristic	Outbound	Domestic	Both domestic and outbound
65 years and older	20.71%	3.25%	18.22%
55 to 64 years	25.62%	2.99%	26.67%
45 to 54 years	28.87%	2.7%	26.93%
35 to 44 years	27.53%	4.04%	33.64%
25 to 34 years	25.91%	2.87%	36.94%
15 to 24 years	32.22%	2.67%	25.9%

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June 2020

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Belgium

Survey time period

2018

Supplementary notes

Travel for 4 nights or more.
The source adds the following information: "This collection covers national tourism. Data is collected by the competent national authorities of the Member States and is compiled according to a harmonised methodology established by EU regulations before transmission to Eurostat.
Most of the time, data on domestic and outbound trips (where "outbound tourism" means residents of a country travelling in another country) is collected via sample surveys. However, in a few cases the data are compiled from border surveys. Surveys are generally conducted on a monthly or quarterly basis."

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