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AI Shortlist · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

The Netherlands in AI travel recommendations

country · overall rank 29 of 233 · rank 21 among country destinations

AI models put the Netherlands in their top 10 recommendations in 9.7% of answers, rank 29 overall. It does best when the question specifies season as spring: 28.7%, +19.0 points against its overall score. With web search on, it scores −0.4 points against web search off.

The score is the share of answers that recommend the Netherlands in their top 10, averaged model by model and then platform by platform, so each platform counts equally.

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By platform

PlatformScore
Claude8.9%
ChatGPT7.3%
Gemini10.7%
Grok11.9%

By model

ModelScore
Claude Opus 510.3%
Claude Sonnet 58.7%
Claude Haiku 4.57.5%
GPT-5.6 Terra7.9%
GPT-5.6 Luna6.8%
Gemini 3.8 Flash10.7%
Grok 4.611.9%

Web search and effort

the Netherlands · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Unit: Shortlist score, percent of answers

the Netherlands with web search on and off, and at each model's lowest and normal effort setting.

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SettingSearch on / normal effortSearch off / lowest effort
Web search on vs off9.5%9.9%
Normal vs lowest effort9.5%9.9%

The baseline question, "Where should I go in 2027?", was asked 5 times of each model at each setting. the Netherlands made the top 10 at least once for 1 of those 28 model-and-setting combinations, and where it did, it came back in 20.0% of the repeats on average.

By kind of question

How much higher or lower the score is on questions that ask for each option, in percentage points against the overall score. Outlined cells are below the overall score.

Season

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
SpringSummerWinterFall
Change+19.0+2.5−0.8−8.3

Transport

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Nonstop, 6–8 hoursRequires a flightAt most two connections
Change+16.8+5.2+1.2

Travel style

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
CulturalRelaxationExoticAdventureWorkcation
Change+15.6−3.1−8.0−8.7−9.7

Trip length

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
One weekTwo weeksWeekend
Change+14.9−4.3−8.9

Climate

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Cool WeatherMild WeatherLow RainWarm Weather
Change+14.0+5.6−7.3−8.8

Travel party

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
FamilySoloCouple
Change+7.0+4.9−8.2

How it's asked

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Where should I go?The plain questionOverrated
Change+1.1−8.5−9.7

How the models wrote the name

NameMentions
Amsterdam167
Netherlands13
Aruba5
Lisse4
The Netherlands3
Amsterdam and Lisse2
Amsterdam and Keukenhof1
Amsterdam and the Dutch bulb fields1
Amsterdam city center1
Curacao1
Curaçao1
Keukenhof, Lisse1
Kralendijk, Bonaire1
Lisse (Keukenhof Gardens)1
Lisse (Keukenhof) and Amsterdam1

the Netherlands

Most questions went to each model at each setting only once, and a model read the answers, so a reading can be wrong. The methodology has the details.

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