The number of foreign citizens who visited the Republic of Moldova through travel agencies increased by 55.1% in the first half of the current year compared to the same period last year. Most tourists came from Romania (58.3%) and Italy (23.8%). The data were presented by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).<\/p>\n
According to the NBS, in January-June 2024, approximately 25.6 thousand foreign citizens visited the country through travel agencies. The majority of people (95.1%) visited the country for a single day. They arrived for purposes of rest, recreation, and leisure.<\/p>\n
At the same time, the number of tourists and days spent in the country increased by 59.1% compared to the same period last year. Thus, the average length of stay was 4.0 days, compared to 3.1 days.<\/p>\n
In January-June 2024, the number of citizens who traveled abroad through travel agencies also increased. The figure rose by 19.6%, reaching 141.0 thousand people.<\/p>\n
The majority of citizens (99.2%) traveled for purposes of rest, recreation, and leisure. Moldovans preferred to visit Turkey (43.6%), Egypt (15.1%), Bulgaria (14.5%), and Romania (12.6%).<\/p>\n
The number of tourists and days spent abroad increased by 19.1% compared to January-June 2023. The average length of stay for Moldovans abroad was 6.5 days.<\/p>\n
The number of Moldovans choosing to vacation within the country increased by 11.5%, involving about 43.5 thousand people. The majority (79.0%) were single-day visitors. The travel of citizens within the country for tourism purposes was most often organized by travel agencies and tour operators from Chisinau (45.4%), the Center development region (40.5%), and the South (12.1%).<\/p>\n
In January-June 2024, the revenues of travel agencies and tour operators amounted to 1,548.6 million RON (approx. 77.4 million EUR), up 15.7% compared to the same period last year.<\/p>\n
From inbound tourism (those arriving in the country), 23.7 million RON (1.1 million EUR) were collected, representing a 54.7% increase compared to the same period last year.<\/p>\n
Additionally, from outbound tourism (those leaving the country), 1,441.6 million RON (72 million EUR) were obtained, a 15.7% increase. Similarly, from domestic tourism, 83.4 million RON (4.1 million EUR) were collected, up 7.7% from the same period last year.<\/p>\n
Which countries provide the most tourists to Moldova?<\/strong><\/p>\n In the first half of 2024, the largest groups of foreign tourists came from Romania (58.3%) and Italy (23.8%).<\/p>\n How much has tourism revenue increased in Moldova?<\/strong><\/p>\n Total revenues for travel agencies rose by 15.7% to 1.54 billion RON, with inbound tourism revenue growing significantly by 54.7%.<\/p>\n Where do Moldovan citizens prefer to travel for vacation?<\/strong><\/p>\n Turkey remains the top destination for Moldovans (43.6%), followed by Egypt (15.1%), Bulgaria (14.5%), and Romania (12.6%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The number of foreign citizens who visited the Republic of Moldova through travel agencies increased by 55.1% in the first half of the current year compared to the same period last year. Most tourists came from Romania (58.3%) and Italy (23.8%). The data were presented by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). According to the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":92131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[872,3083],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-114635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism","tag-destinatie-turistica","tag-republic-of-moldova"],"article_style_override":"on","post-style":"style2","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114635"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=114635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}