Persons participating in tourism for personal purposes by age group - number of tourists

In 2021, Belgium's persons participating in tourism for personal purposes by age group increased by 12.0% compared to 2020, reaching 701,513.

Belgium accounts for 2.3% of the EU-27 total of 30,434,152.

Belgium ranks 9th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 15.1% (from 825,873 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tin00187, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.