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The Flying Dutchmen: Recent Trends in International Outbound Tourism from the N etherlands
Author(s) -
Zirulia Lorenzo
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-9663
pISSN - 0040-747X
DOI - 10.1111/tesg.12062
Subject(s) - tourism , destinations , per capita , diversity (politics) , economic geography , advertising , geography , business , political science , demography , sociology , population , archaeology , law
This brief paper focuses on D utch outbound tourism, that is, international flows with the N etherlands as a place of origin. Using data provided by CBS Statistics N etherlands, we show that the total number of international holidays, both in absolute terms and per capita, has significantly grown in the last three decades, denoting a significant increase in the propensity of D utch residents to engage in international tourism; moreover, year‐by‐year variations seem to be positively, but weakly, associated with the general conditions of the D utch economy. In terms of the composition of international holidays by destination country, we found evidence of some instability in the relative importance of different destinations, with an increase in the diversity of choices by D utch tourists and in the distance of their preferred destination.