If tank tourism becomes even more popular, TUI will offer flights for it
The Dutch form of tourism is not to visit the Zaanse Schans, but to get a tank of fuel across the border for a more favorable price. They call it tank tourism. People who live on the border with Belgium or Germany have been doing it for years, but now that liter prices are creeping over two euros, it is taking serious forms. Tubantia reports that people are now even coming across the border with jerry cans to stock up on cheaper fuel.
Filling a jerry can is legal
Gaston Van Tichelt, mayor of the Belgian town of Essen, reports Tubantia that it is not illegal to get a jerry can of petrol in Belgium. He says: ‘Anyone may – if it is for private use – fill a 60 liter jerry can. That has to be in a jerry can that can be closed perfectly. […] We’re not going to put a policeman in the area day in and day out now to keep an eye on how many jerry cans are put in the trunk.’
The roads around the filling stations are not fully designed for the extra crowds around the pumps. In Essen, for example, they are looking at additional traffic signs and lines to reduce crowds. According to the ANWB, the recommended retail price for a liter of 95 in Belgium is now 1,632 euros. In the Netherlands that would be 1,956 euros at the moment. This is for reference; The prices will of course differ in your area, it concerns a national suggested retail price. Go and calculate for yourself whether it is worth it for you to get jerry cans of petrol in Belgium.
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