Tourism in the Netherlands is a relatively small sector of the country's economy with a total contribution of 5.4% to

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and 9.6% to

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. In 2017 the

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was visited by 17 million foreign tourists (with more than 5 million coming from

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), making it the 20th most visited country in the world.Tourist numbers top 16 million visitors, rose 5% in 2016
''Dutch News''. Accessed 14 February 2018.

Arrivals by country

Within Europe

Most visitors staying in all forms of accommodation in the Netherlands on short-term basis are from the following countries of nationality with the majority of tourists coming from within Europe itself.

Other continents

In 2017, the

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(1,414,000 tourists, a 20% growth from the 1,182,000 Americans who visited in 2016),

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

(364,000 tourists, a 22% growth from the 297,000 of 2016), and

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

(180,000 tourists, a 16% growth from the 155,000 Canadians tourists of 2016) are the major non-European homelands of international tourists coming to the Netherlands. The total of foreign tourists visiting the Netherlands in 2017 was 17,924,000, a 13% growth from the 15,829,000 foreign people who visited the country in 2016.

References

External links

National Board of Tourism
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– Organisation responsible for promoting the Netherlands nationally and internationally {{Tourism in Europe

Arrivals by country

Within Europe

Other continents

See also

References

External links