STR Observatory · Belgium

Short-term rentals in Tielt

Tielt (West Flanders, Flanders) has 26 short-term rental accommodations out of 29 registered tourist accommodations, for 31,750 inhabitants.

short-term rental accommodations

registered tourist accommodations

STR accommodations per 1,000 inhabitants

0.8

inhabitants (1 January 2024)

31,750

units (rooms, homes)

108

people of capacity

486

Accommodation types

A sub-total of 1 or 2 accommodations is masked.

Accommodation types	Tielt
Holiday homes and furnished letsSTR	1862.1%
B&Bs (chambres d’hôtes)STR	413.8%
Rooms in private homesSTR	413.8%
Hotels	1–2 (masked)
Campsites and grounds	1–2 (masked)
Other (hostels, holiday villages…)	1–2 (masked)

STR per 1,000 inhab.

Density compared

Short-term rental accommodations per 1,000 inhabitants.

Tielt0.8

Flanders4.5

Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia)3.3

Tielt remains below its region’s average in STR accommodations per inhabitant.

Accommodation types

Comfort classification

Accommodations classified by Toerisme Vlaanderen (classes with at least 3 accommodations).

Comfort classification

Comfort classification	Accommodations
5 stars	4
4 stars	3

Bron: Toerisme Vlaanderen — Basisregister Vlaams Logiesaanbod (free-to-use data).

Online platforms

Nights booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia and Tripadvisor

Experimental Eurostat statistics, based on data shared by the four platforms: they also cover Brussels, which has no open register.

Platform nights: Arrondissement Tielt

Eurostat publishes these nights by arrondissement, not by municipality.

Show the data

Year	Nights
2018	9,089
2019	10,273
2020	7,216
2021	10,776
2022	16,113
2023	20,630
2024	23,428
2025	24,923

Seasonality in the province: West Flanders (2025) · Show the data

Month	Share of the year
January	2.6%
February	3.1%
March	4.3%
April	10.5%
May	9.5%
June	9.7%
July	16.4%
August	17%
September	7.1%
October	8.3%
November	4.1%
December	7.5%

Source: Eurostat, tour_ce_oan3 / tour_ce_omn12 / tour_ce_oarc (experimental statistics), CC BY 4.0 licence.

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Municipalities

Other municipalities: Arrondissement Tielt

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How many tourist accommodations are registered in Tielt?

Tielt (West Flanders) has 29 registered tourist accommodations, including 26 short-term rentals (holiday homes and furnished lets, gîtes, B&Bs, guest rooms).

What share of accommodation in Tielt is short-term rental?

Short-term rentals account for 89.7% of registered tourist accommodation in Tielt (26 out of 29). That is 0.8 short-term rentals per 1,000 inhabitants.

What is the accommodation capacity in Tielt?

According to official sources, Tielt has 486 guest places (register capacity) and 108 rental units (rooms, homes).

How many tourist nights are recorded in Tielt?

Eurostat does not publish these nights by municipality: the “Arrondissement Tielt” area, which includes Tielt, totals 24,923 nights booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia and Tripadvisor in 2025.

Methodology

Sources

Bron: Toerisme Vlaanderen — Basisregister Vlaams Logiesaanbod (free-to-use data).
toerismevlaanderen.be Bron: Toerisme Vlaanderen
Eurostat, CC BY 4.0 licence: platform nights and nights in collective accommodation.
ec.europa.eu CC BY 4.0
FPS Finance / AGDP (SPF Finances): municipal boundaries and NIS codes.
finances.belgium.be SPF Finances / AGDP
GISCO, © EuroGeographics: NUTS correspondences and municipal population on 1 January 2024.
ec.europa.eu © EuroGeographics

Privacy (GDPR)

Only aggregates are published: no individual accommodation record.
A municipality is only shown from 5 accommodations (or listings).
Any sub-total of 1 or 2 accommodations is masked.
No name, address, email or phone number is displayed or downloadable.

Aggregates only: a municipality is published from 5 accommodations, sub-totals of 1 or 2 are masked, no names or contacts.

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