Caravan and motorhome companies delivered a total of 20.141 new and used motorhomes and caravans in the first five months of this year. According to figures from BOVAG and RDC, this is an increase of more than 42 percent compared to the same period last year and the highest combined number in the past fifteen years. Up to and including May, the specialist trade sold an absolute record number of 1.655 new and 7.677 used motorhomes, or in both cases more than 60 percent more than a year earlier. The Netherlands has traditionally been a caravan country, but the sale of second-hand motorhomes has meanwhile surpassed that of caravan occasions. Of these, 6.640 were delivered in the first five months of 2021, an increase of more than a quarter compared to last year. Since 2009 not so many used caravans have been sold by the specialist trade. Sales of new caravans are also making a comeback, as evidenced by the growth of more than 34 percent compared to the period from January to May 2020. The last time in 2012 the Dutch bought more than 4.000 new caravans in the first five months of a calendar year. .

On the eve of a new and hopeful holiday season, BOVAG, as a representative of 300 caravan and motorhome companies, concludes that the campsite will become the favorite destination for most Dutch people this summer. As a result of the coronavirus and the associated measures, it was already clear last year that camping - and a holiday with your own transport anyway - offered the ultimate solution for a holiday in your own 'bubble'. Especially when the sanitary facilities on campsites were closed, caravans and motorhomes with their own facilities proved extremely popular. That development will continue this year. In the meantime, the Netherlands has more caravans and motorhomes than ever; on June 1, there were 568.722 registered and that is 17.500 more than a year and a half ago. In addition, the 150.000th motorhome was registered in the Netherlands last month. Ten years ago, that number was less than half, according to BOVAG.

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