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Tourism in Belgium

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Tourism in Belgium is one of Belgium's industries. Its accessibility from elsewhere in Europe makes it a popular tourist destination. The tourist industry generates 2.8% of Belgium's gross domestic product and employs 3.3% of the working population (142,000 people). 6.7 million people travelled to Belgium in 2005. Two-thirds of them come from the larger nearby countries - France, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Germany; there are also many tourists from Spain and Italy.

Like many national institutions in Belgium, the national tourist agencies are split along regional lines with two tourist agencies. They are the Belgian Tourist Office Brussels & Wallonia for the regions of Wallonia and Brussels Capital-Region, and Toerisme Vlaanderen covering Flanders, although it covers Brussels as well.

In 1993, 2% of the total workforce was employed in tourism, less than in many neighbouring countries. Much of the tourism industry is located either on the heavily developed coastline or in the Ardennes. Brussels and the Flemish cities of Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, Leuven, and Mechelen, the Flemish Cities of Art, attract many cultural tourists. Much tourism in Brussels is business tourism.

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Belgium was ranked 21st on the World Economic Forum's 2017 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness report. The country was placed 4th for "health and hygiene" and 6th for "ground and port infrastructure", but only 105th in the world for "price competitiveness" and 122nd for "natural resources". In recent years, the number of international tourists has exponentially grown as key figures shown by Tourisme Vlaanderen.

Arrivals by country

Most visitors arriving to Belgium on short-term basis in come from the following countries of nationality:

RankCountry201420152016
1The Netherlands1,705,5371,919,4131,854,486
2France1,264,2911,285,6101,202,041
3United Kingdom1,026,0031,043,613868,173
4Germany868,250945,974865,031
5Spain366,474360,220304,598
6United States366,061388,423299,907
7Italy299,864294,945224,762
8China169,075209,045147,654
9Luxembourg100,002114,899110,953
10Switzerland108,031118,79691,308
11Poland87,69894,93790,914
12Sweden69,99468,02165,117
13Denmark60,33061,92763,415
14Russia97,18372,63060,386
15IrelandN/AN/A57,266
16Turkey49,47561,53855,410
17PortugalN/AN/A54,221
18Canada59,28961,35750,521
19Japan111,93996,44450,253
20RomaniaN/AN/A45,077
Total foreign7,887,4268,354,7537,481,422

References

References

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  2. [http://www.euromonitor.com/Travel_and_Tourism_in_Belgium Travel and Tourism in Belgium] - euromonitor.com
  3. [http://www.wto.org/English/tratop_e/serv_e/w51.doc Tourism Services] - World Trade Organization
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  5. (August 17, 2024). "Belgium: International tourist trips".
  6. "Global and regional tourism performance".
  7. (2017-04-05). "Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017". World Economic Forum.
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