Almost all Dutch people go on holiday at least once a year. Foreign holidays are popular. France receives the highest number of Dutch tourists, but Spain and Greece are also favourite destinations. A growing number of Dutch people go skiing in France, Austria, Germany, Italy or Switzerland.
All the same, many Dutch people spend their holidays in the Netherlands. In summer, the coast is the most popular destination. As well as the Dutch, around 10 million foreigners spend their holidays in the Netherlands. Most of them come from neighbouring Germany, but many also come from the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Canada and the United States. In the 1990s, the number of tourists from Spain, Italy and Japan grew.
