Of the total number of places in hotels, 43.3% were in 3-star hotels, 23.9% were in 2-star hotels, 26.8% in 4-star hotels, 4.2% in 5-star hotels, 1.8% in 1-star hotels, and 0.08% in unclassified hotels.
As of July 31, 2018, there were 102 tourist reception structures with accommodation functions that were unclassified, compared to 113 on the same date last year. The majority were student and preschooler camps—51% of the total in 2018.
Of the 1,633 hotels in operation on July 31, 2018, a total of 2 hotels, with 158 places, were not star-classified.
Of the tourist reception structures with accommodation functions, 34.1% were in other localities and tourist routes, 28.1% were in mountain resorts, 18.3% in Bucharest and county seat cities (excluding Tulcea), 9.1% in seaside resorts (excluding Constanta), 7% in spa resorts, and 3.4% in the Danube Delta (including Tulcea).
The top six counties, ranked by the total number of existing tourist reception structures, were: Brasov (961 accommodation structures), Constanta (834), Suceava (460), Harghita (434), Mures (362), and Prahova (345).
Constanta County held the largest share (24%) of the total rooms in tourist reception structures.
Of the total number of existing tourist accommodation places, Constanta County held 24%, Brasov County 8.4%, followed by Bucharest with 6.1%, Bihor County with 4.0%, Prahova County with 3.6%, and Suceava County with 3.4%, etc.
Of the total 161.7 thousand rooms in tourist reception structures with accommodation functions existing on July 31, 2018 (excluding rooms in bungalows), 98.4 thousand, representing 60.7%, were in hotels. The number of rooms increased in 2018 by 1,901 in agrotourism pensions, by 797 in hotels, by 605 in tourist villas, by 469 in tourist pensions, and by 169 in hostels.
The number of tourist accommodation places existing on July 31, 2018, was 353.3 thousand. The most places, 196.7 thousand, were in hotels, followed by agrotourism pensions with 48.6 thousand places, tourist pensions with 35.8 thousand places, tourist villas with 16.6 thousand places, and hostels with 14.2 thousand places.
According to the operational mode of tourist reception structures, 77.7% of total rooms were in permanent tourist reception structures.
By tourist zones, of the total number of places, 91.7 thousand were in Bucharest and county seat cities (excluding Tulcea), 80.3 thousand were in seaside resorts (excluding Constanta), 72.5 thousand in other localities and tourist routes, 65 thousand in mountain resorts, 36.2 thousand in spa resorts, and 7.6 thousand in the Danube Delta area (including Tulcea).
Source: National Institute of Statistics
Frequently Asked Questions
Which county in Romania has the highest tourist accommodation capacity?
Constanta County leads with 24% of the total accommodation rooms and places available in the country.
What is the most prevalent hotel category in Romania?
3-star hotels are the most common, accounting for 43.3% of the total hotel accommodation places.
How many tourist accommodation places were available in Romania in July 2018?
There were a total of 353.3 thousand tourist accommodation places available as of July 31, 2018.