The Dutch hospitality industry – which includes hotels, bars, restaurants, cafes and snack bars – experienced a 5.7% increase in sales in 2015, the highest increase in 15 years.

Sales have been steadily rising across the sector since 2013, according to figures released by on Monday by national statistics office CBS.

This latest growth in revenue is attributed to an increase in the sales of refreshments, and to price increases.

Snack bars, cafes, and ice cream parlours saw the strongest growth, with sales rising over 2% in the last quarter of 2015 alone. For snack bars, this is the biggest increase in four and a half years.

After a strong year, hotels saw a fall in turnover during this last quarter of the year. However, this was offset by an exceptionally good spring and summer for hotels.

Continued growth in the hotel sector is good news for local governments too, who look set to net €188m in tourist taxes this year.