The exhibition, bringing more than a million visitors from around the world to Amsterdam, provided the city with a huge economic boost. A number of hotels were expanded or newly built in order to profit from the large number of visitors, including the
Hotel Americain, the
Doelen Hotel, and
Hotel Krasnapolsky. The expansion of the Krasnapolsky included the glass-roofed
Wintertuin lounge, with
electric lighting, which at that time was considered a real novelty. In Amsterdam, modern-day remains of the exhibition are the front gate of the
Vondelpark and a collection of items in the
Tropenmuseum which were on show in the Dutch colonial pavilion. Some items from the Dutch colonial pavilion were also donated to the ethnological museum of
Artis zoo and, after this museum was closed, ended up in the Tropenmuseum as well. However, the lion's share of the thousands of items from this pavilion was donated to the
National Museum of Ethnology in
Leiden. Some parts of the German restaurant are now in the
Veenkoloniaal Museum in
Veendam.
Heineken still uses the label ''Diplôme d'Honneur'' on its beer bottles, an honour that was bestowed on the brewer at the 1883 colonial exhibition. ==Surinam pavilion==