hotel guests in 2025
Together they spent 22.2 million nights in Amsterdam hotels.
Source: CBS StatLine, tabel 82061NEDAmsterdam, North Holland
Amsterdam, 9.5 million hotel guests.
In 2025, 9.5 million guests stayed in an Amsterdam hotel and 81% of them came from abroad. Here are the figures, the tourist tax and the weeks that fill your book.
9.5mhotel guests in 2025
81%of hotel guests from abroad
11,805hospitality businesses
Source: CBS StatLine, tabel 82061NED, tabel 81575NED
What you need to know here.
Figures and rules for Amsterdam, each with its source.
of hotel guests from abroad
7.7 million of the 9.5 million hotel guests came from abroad, with more than 1.1 million each from the United Kingdom and the United States.
Source: CBS StatLine, tabel 82061NEDhospitality businesses
Hospitality businesses in the municipality according to CBS Statistics Netherlands on 1 January 2026, a provisional figure. The same table counted 5,485 in 2016.
Source: CBS StatLine, tabel 81575NEDtourist tax
12.5% of the price of each night, under the bylaw that has applied since 21 November 2023.
Source: Verordening Toeristenbelasting Amsterdam 2024Across the Netherlands
- 9%VAT on foodBelastingdienst, btw-tarief voedingsmiddelen
- 21%VAT on alcoholBelastingdienst, btw-tarief dranken
- 21%VAT on hotel staysBelastingdienst, btw-tarief logies omhoog naar 21%
- 17%paid in cashDNB, Betalen aan de kassa 2025
- 10%usual tipHolland.com (NBTC), tipping and cash
- AVGregulator: APAutoriteit Persoonsgegevens, tasks and powers
- bannedno smoking roomsNVWA, rookverbod
- 1 side openterrace smokingNVWA, roken op een terras
Busy days, the next twelve months.
Public holidays and events between 16 October 2026 and 16 October 2027. Plan your rota and your deposits around them.
October 2026
- 21WedEvent
Amsterdam Dance Event
to 25 OctoberMore than 1,300 events at over 300 venues across the city.
ADE, program for 30 years ADE
November 2026
- 26ThuEvent
Amsterdam Light Festival
to 17 JanuaryEdition 15 of the light art festival, running for more than seven weeks through the holidays.
Amsterdam Light Festival, dates and hours
December 2026
- 25Fri
- 26Sat
January 2027
- 1Fri
March 2027
- 26Fri
- 28Sun
- 29Mon
April 2027
- 27Tue
May 2027
- 5Wed
- 6Thu
- 16Sun
- 17Mon
August 2027
- 7SatEvent
Pride Amsterdam, Canal Parade
The boat parade sails through the canals on Saturday from 12:00 to 18:00.
Pride Amsterdam, Canal Parade
How TableFlow works here.
TableFlow comes from Nijmegen in the Netherlands and runs in the founder's own ten venues.
Works
- Bookings on your own website, with the widget in six languages: Dutch, English, German, French, Spanish and Italian.
- Confirmations and other guest emails, with default texts in those same six languages.
- Deposits, quotes with a deposit and gift cards through your own Mollie account, in euros.
- Guest profiles, email campaigns, quotes and guest feedback work the same everywhere.
Not yet, or different
- The Mollie payment page for a gift card still opens in Dutch.
Sources
- CBS StatLine, tabel 81575NED checked on 16 October 2026
- CBS StatLine, tabel 82061NED checked on 16 October 2026
- Verordening Toeristenbelasting Amsterdam 2024 checked on 16 October 2026
- Belastingdienst, btw-tarief voedingsmiddelen checked on 16 October 2026
- Belastingdienst, btw-tarief dranken checked on 16 October 2026
- Belastingdienst, btw-tarief logies omhoog naar 21% checked on 16 October 2026
- DNB, Betalen aan de kassa 2025 checked on 16 October 2026
- Holland.com (NBTC), tipping and cash checked on 16 October 2026
- Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, tasks and powers checked on 16 October 2026
- NVWA, rookverbod checked on 16 October 2026
- NVWA, roken op een terras checked on 16 October 2026
- ADE, program for 30 years ADE checked on 16 October 2026
- Amsterdam Light Festival, dates and hours checked on 16 October 2026
- Rijksoverheid, officiële feestdagen checked on 16 October 2026
- Pride Amsterdam, Canal Parade checked on 16 October 2026
- Mollie Help Center, Can I use Mollie's services in my country? checked on 16 October 2026
