Most frequently used websites to search for hiking routes in the Netherlands 2015

The statistic illustrates the most frequently used websites to search for hiking routes in the Netherlands in 2015. In 2015, 33 percent of the hikers in the Netherlands used Google to search for hiking routes. ANWB, the abbreviation for Royal Dutch Touring Club, is used by roughly 30 percent of the hikers. Natuurmonumenten is used by approximately 15 percent of the hikers, closing the top three most frequent used websites for hiking routes in the Netherlands.
When looking at the age distribution of sport and leisure hikers, the age group 35 to 44 years old were represented the most in hiking for leisure purposes with 71 percent. The age group 13 to 17 and 18 to 24 is less represented in hiking for leisure purposes with 41 and 46 percent. Hiking for sport purposes were dominated by both age groups 45 to 54 and 55 to 64 years old, but less by the younger age groups.