Belgium
Visitor characteristics
- There are more than three times more male than female business visitors but leisure visitors have a more even gender distribution
- Four-in-five Belgian holiday visitors are making a repeat visit to Britain
- Far more visitors come from Brussels than any other part of Belgium
- 95% from Belgium are ‘likely’ or ‘extremely likely’ to recommend Britain for a holiday or short-break
Popular activities
Sightseeing of Famous Buildings/ Monuments
Visited a Pub
Went Shopping
Global context
| Measure | 2016 |
|---|---|
| International tourism expenditure (US$bn) | 19.5 |
| Global rank for international tourism expenditure | 13 |
| Number of outbound visits (m) | 23.0 |
| Most visited destination | France |
Key demographic and economic data
| Measure | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Population (m) | 11.4 |
| GDP per capita PPP (US$) | 41,466 |
| Annual average GDP growth over past decade (%) | 0.9 |
| Annual average GDP growth over the past year (%) | 1.7 |
Resources
Belgium Market Profile
Belgium market snapshot
Read about the preferences of Europeans towards tourism. Published March 2015
More resources
Find out where visitors from Belgium to the UK reside in their own country. Published 2015
Exchange rate
1 GBP = 1.1389 EUR
As of 19 June 2018
Retrieved from the Bank of England
