Amsterdam 'needs' 13,000 extra hotel rooms

To keep Amsterdam on the tourist map the city will need around 13,000 extra hotel rooms in the coming 10 years, This comes to 100 new hotels within the city limits, a report by consultancy ZKA carried out on behalf of the Stadsregio Amsterdam regional agency has concluded.

There are currently 18,000 hotel rooms in the Dutch capital, and another 5,500 in the wider Amsterdam region. With the addition of at least 10,000 rooms, and preferably 13,000, the number of overnight stays at hotels in the greater Amsterdam area can rise by 40% to 2015, the report said.