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Trends in online accommodation bookings in Belgium

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13 August 2024

Trends in online accommodation bookings in Belgium

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In recent years, Belgium’s tourism indicators have shown a significant increase in overnight stays booked through online platforms, with the Brussels-Capital district being the most popular destination.

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Statbel

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Geographical descriptors

Belgium

Organisation Type

Academic / Research and VET Institutions

Company with 250 or more employees

Consumer Organisations

Cultural and Heritage Organisations

Destination Management & Marketing Organisations

EU Institutions

Financial Institutions and Investors

Industry Associations and Chambers of Commerce

International Organisations

Local Authorities

Media / Journalist Organisations

National authorities

Networks and Federations / Confederations

NGOs / Non-profits

Regional Authorities

SMEs (a company with less than 250 employees)

Trade Unions

  • Specific types of tourism

    • Adventure tourism

    • Coastal, maritime and inland water tourism

    • Cultural tourism

    • Ecotourism

    • Education tourism

    • Festival tourism

    • Gastronomy tourism

    • Health and medical tourism

    • MICE tourism

    • Mountain tourism

    • Religious tourism

    • Rural tourism

    • Sports tourism

    • Urban/city tourism

    • Wellness tourism

  • Transition Pathway Strategic Areas

    • Coordinated information on travelling

    • Improving statistics and indicators

    • Innovative tourism services

  • Business activities

    • Holiday Housing / Apartments and other short stay accommodation

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In 2022, Statbel reported that online platforms facilitated the booking of 856.0 thousand accommodations, leading to a total of 8,624,000 overnight stays by tourists. This figure indicates a significant growth of 32.3% from the previous year, setting a new record for the highest number of overnight stays in private accommodations booked online since the inception of this experimental statistic in 2018. The Flemish Region hosted nearly half of these stays, accounting for 48.5% of the total, while Brussels-Capital remained the district of choice for most tourists, with a 19.3% share. Statbel, the Directorate General Statistics - Statistics Belgium, provides more comprehensive and automatically updated data free of charge. Users can delve deeper into the historical data by downloading excel files or exploring the database.

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