Sunny summer boosts campsite stays, foreign tourists up 18%

A file photo of holiday homes. Photo: Depositphotos.com
Holiday parks were also popular this year. Photo: Depositphotos.com

The sunny, dry summer boosted the number of foreign tourists holidaying on Dutch campsites by 18%, while the number of Dutch people on stay-at-home camping holidays rose 8%, the national statistics office CBS said on Monday.

The coastal provinces of Zeeland and Noord-Holland were most popular with foreign tourists, while Gelderland was the top spot for domestic holidaymakers.

‘It was such great weather it is hardly surprising that so many people went camping,’ said CBS chief economist Peter Hein van Mulligen.

Hotels and holiday parks were also more popular this summer, with visitor numbers up 5% and 4% respectively.

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