Inbound hotel guests by city Netherlands 2023

In 2023, the number of international hotel guests in the selected Dutch cities increased significantly compared to the previous year. Overall, Amsterdam recorded by far the highest figure, with just under seven million inbound hotel guests in 2023. Rotterdam ranked second in the list, with 776 thousand inbound hotel guests.

Accommodation services in Amsterdam: hotels vs. Airbnb

Based on data on the accommodation establishments in Amsterdam broken down by type, there were just over 500 hotels in the popular Dutch destination in 2023. By comparison, the number of Airbnb listings in Amsterdam totaled nearly 9,000 as of March 2024, with entire homes and apartments accounting for most listings.

How many inbound tourists visit the Netherlands?

In 2023, the Netherlands ranked behind Austria and ahead of Poland in the list of the most visited European countries by inbound visitors, with over 20 million inbound tourist arrivals. Meanwhile, international tourism receipts in the Netherlands amounted to approximately 20 billion U.S. dollars that year, exceeding the figures recorded before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Number of international hotel guests in the Netherlands from 2019 to 2023, by city (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Amsterdam	7,572	2,088	1,744	5,639	6,965
Rotterdam¹	582	208	215	521	776
The Hague¹	499	250	210	518	659
Utrecht	238	84	62	215	321
Maastricht	272	102	82	201	272

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June 2024

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Netherlands

Survey time period

2019 to 2023

Supplementary notes

¹ Figures for The Hague and Rotterdam also include the coastal areas of Scheveningen, Kijkduin (The Hague), and Hoek van Holland (Rotterdam).

Figures for 2023 are provisional.

According to the source, the hotel category includes: hotels, motels, apartments with hotel services, youth accommodation, and bed & breakfasts with at least five berths.

Guest includes: visitors who stay for one or more nights in an overnight accommodation; visitors who stay for multiple times per month in the same or different accommodation.

Guest does not refer to: visitors who stay for more than two months at a time in overnight accommodation. Asylum seekers and seasonal employees are not taken into account.

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