Tourists have at least three percent this year, fewer nights spent in Amsterdam than last year. It says the Amsterdam Tourism & Convention Bureau (ATCB). For next year the ATCB a decline of two percent.
The decline comes according to the agency by the financial crisis. Because the economies of America and Britain strongly to the stock prices are linked, ATCB expects a sharp drop in the number of American and British visitors.
The agency tries with a campaign to attract more visitors. In the total cross desk 2.6 million euros in the theme year Amsterdam City Art 2009. The campaign is focused on Great Britain, Germany and Belgium. From these countries would be much more able to come visit. Also for visitors from their own country, the campaign intended.
Still expected from the agency before 2010 weather an increase in tourist nights. Next year and in 2010 several possible audience tractors open the doors. Thus, the Hermitage and Stedelijk Museum from next year to visit. The Maritime Museum is open again from 2010.
Reliable nationwide figures on tourist nights are not there yet, as late as the Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions know. "This year, the number of overnight stays at least one percentage declined," says a spokesman. "But that figures showed that ran until July. In August the decline was even greater."
The 350 hotels in Amsterdam have together forty thousand beds. The hotels last year received 4.9 million guests. They were together accounted for 8.8 million nights. Compared with 2006 the number of guests has increased by over five percent. The number of overnight stays increased last year by over two percent.
Amsterdam attracts about 14.3 million visitors from home and abroad within a day leave. There are 4.6 million visitors who stay longer, on average four days. In total, according to the Office of visitors accounted for a turnover of nearly five billion euros and create 48 thousand full-time jobs as possible.
The decline comes according to the agency by the financial crisis. Because the economies of America and Britain strongly to the stock prices are linked, ATCB expects a sharp drop in the number of American and British visitors.
The agency tries with a campaign to attract more visitors. In the total cross desk 2.6 million euros in the theme year Amsterdam City Art 2009. The campaign is focused on Great Britain, Germany and Belgium. From these countries would be much more able to come visit. Also for visitors from their own country, the campaign intended.
Still expected from the agency before 2010 weather an increase in tourist nights. Next year and in 2010 several possible audience tractors open the doors. Thus, the Hermitage and Stedelijk Museum from next year to visit. The Maritime Museum is open again from 2010.
Reliable nationwide figures on tourist nights are not there yet, as late as the Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions know. "This year, the number of overnight stays at least one percentage declined," says a spokesman. "But that figures showed that ran until July. In August the decline was even greater."
The 350 hotels in Amsterdam have together forty thousand beds. The hotels last year received 4.9 million guests. They were together accounted for 8.8 million nights. Compared with 2006 the number of guests has increased by over five percent. The number of overnight stays increased last year by over two percent.
Amsterdam attracts about 14.3 million visitors from home and abroad within a day leave. There are 4.6 million visitors who stay longer, on average four days. In total, according to the Office of visitors accounted for a turnover of nearly five billion euros and create 48 thousand full-time jobs as possible.
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