Utrecht Barometer: Tourism and Business Statistics for the City of Utrecht

Monthly updated statistics on hotel stays, guests, and occupancy rates in Utrecht's public area. The dataset, sourced from CBS Statline and managed by Utrecht Marketing, also includes reports on tourism, business visits, conferences, and monthly visitor figures for museums, theaters, and historical buildings behind a login. It contains descriptive and statistical information about residents, visitors, companies, and talents in the city.

Use Cases

• Forecasting tourism demand based on monthly hotel occupancy rates.
• Analyzing cultural sector performance using monthly visitor figures for museums and theaters.
• Profiling business and conference visitor trends for economic development planning.
• Studying resident and talent demographics for city marketing strategies.

Strengths

• Data is refreshed monthly, suggesting regular updates.
• Includes multiple domains: tourism, business visits, conferences, recreation, and cultural attendance.
• Sourced from CBS Statline, a national statistical office.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• A portion of the data (reports and analyses) is behind a login wall.

Provenance

Source

CBS Statline, managed by Utrecht Marketing.

Collection Method

Likely collected via administrative records and surveys.

Time Range

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Freshness

Monthly

Geography

City of Utrecht, Netherlands.