The Netherlands is without doubt one of the largest tenting nations in Europe. France has probably the most tenting grounds in absolute numbers, however measured by inhabitants dimension, the Netherlands is sort of on the prime.
The Netherlands has 151 campsites per 1 million inhabitants, calculated the trade organisation Kampeer en Caravan Industrie (KCI) utilizing figures from statistics company Eurostat. There are over 8,100 campsites in France, which quantities to 120 per 1 million inhabitants.
In conventional vacation nations Spain and Italy there are respectively 39 and 28 campsites per million inhabitants. These Southern European nations even have fewer campsites in absolute numbers than the Netherlands. The variations with neighbouring nations Belgium (30) and Germany (38) are additionally giant.
Croatia
When it comes to relative numbers of campsites, the Netherlands is simply trailed by Croatia in Europe, stories the organisation for producers and suppliers of caravans, campers, folding trailers and tents. That nation has 226 campsites per 1 million inhabitants.
“Similar to with biking, tenting is way more well-liked than in our direct neighbouring nations and much more well-liked than in Southern Europe,” says KCI chairman Leo Diepemaat, who considers tenting part of Dutch tradition. He additionally factors out that there are actually 618,000 campers and caravans within the Netherlands, 11,000 greater than a yr in the past.
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