Of the total number of places in hotels, 40.1% were in 3-star hotels, 30.3% were in 2-star hotels, 22.5% in 4-star hotels, 4.3% in 5-star hotels, 2.6% in 1-star hotels, and 0.2% in unclassified hotels.
Most hotels were classified in the 3-star category, specifically 51.6% of total hotels, and 2-star, specifically 23.1%.
As of July 31, 2016, there were 35 hotels classified as 5-star, one more than the number recorded on July 31, 2015, while 4-star hotels totaled 298 units, 4 more than on July 31, 2015.
As of July 31, 2016, 112 tourist reception structures with accommodation functions were unclassified, compared to 116 on the same date last year. The majority were student and preschool camps, representing 50.9% of the total in 2016, a value similar to 2015. Of the 1,551 hotels in operation as of July 31, 2016, a total of 4, with 298 places, were not classified by stars.
Of the tourist reception structures with accommodation functions, 27% were in mountain resorts, 20.6% in Bucharest and county seat cities (excluding Tulcea), 10.1% in seaside resorts (excluding Constanta), 7.0% in spa resorts, 2.0% in the Danube Delta (including Tulcea), and 33.3% were in other areas.
The top five counties, ranked by the total number of existing tourist reception structures, were: Brasov – 881 accommodation structures, Constanta – 761, Harghita – 371, Suceava – 343, and Prahova – 306.
Constanta County held the largest share – 25.2% – of the total rooms existing in tourist reception structures (excluding rooms in bungalows).
Of the total number of existing tourist accommodation places, Constanta County held 25.9%, Brasov County 8.6%, followed by Bucharest with 6.2%, Prahova and Bihor with 3.7% each, Mures County with 3.4%, etc.
Of the total 149.3 thousand rooms existing in tourist reception structures with accommodation functions as of July 31, 2016, 95.2 thousand were in hotels. The number of rooms increased in 2016 by 937 in agrotourism pensions, by 307 in hostels, by 183 in tourist pensions, by 111 in tourist chalets, and by 33 in campsites.
The number of tourist accommodation places existing as of July 31, 2016, was 328.9 thousand. Most places, 190 thousand, were in hotels, followed by agrotourism pensions with 37.4 thousand places, tourist pensions with 32.6 thousand places, tourist villas with 14.2 thousand places, hostels with 12.8 thousand places, and campsites with 12.4 thousand places.
By tourist zones, of the total number of places, 85.8 thousand were in Bucharest and county seat cities, excluding Tulcea, 81.6 thousand were in seaside resorts, excluding Constanta, 64.7 thousand in other localities and tourist routes, 57.3 thousand in mountain resorts, 35.8 thousand in spa resorts, and 3.7 thousand in the Danube Delta area, including Tulcea.
Source: Economica
Frequently Asked Questions
Which county has the most tourist accommodation structures?
Brasov County leads the ranking with 881 accommodation structures, followed by Constanta with 761.
Which hotel category is the most predominant in Romania?
3-star hotels are the most numerous, representing 51.6% of all hotels and providing 40.1% of the total accommodation capacity.
What was the total number of accommodation beds as of July 31, 2016?
As of July 31, 2016, Romania had a total of 328.9 thousand tourist accommodation beds.