The total number of non-resident tourists staying in collective tourist accommodation structures in the first nine months was 1.521 million, their expenditures totaling 3.924 billion lei (an average of 2,578 lei\/person), according to data published Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).<\/p>\n
\u201dThe total number of non-resident tourists staying in collective tourist accommodation structures between 1.I.-30.IX.2023 was 1,521,900, with their expenditures totaling 3.924 billion lei (an average of 2,578.6 lei\/person). Business travel (including participation in congresses, conferences, courses, fairs, and exhibitions) represented the main reason for the stay for 50.1% of the non-resident tourists arriving in Romania during 1.I.-30.IX.2023, with their spending representing 55.1% of total expenditures. Of the non-resident tourists arriving in Romania during 1.I.-30.IX.2023, 49.9% traveled for personal purposes, their spending representing 44.9% of total expenditures,\u201d according to INS data.<\/p>\n
Personal travel includes trips for vacations, shopping, cultural and sporting events, visiting friends and relatives, medical treatment, religion, transit, and other activities.<\/p>\n
Of the total non-residents arriving in Romania between 1.I.-30.IX.2023, 39.3% organized their own stay, 38.3% organized their stay through a travel agency, 13.1% opted for other methods of travel organization, while 9.3% organized their trip both on their own and through a travel agency.<\/p>\n
The main means of transport used to arrive in Romania during 1.I.-30.IX.2023 was the airplane, used by 74.9% of the total number of tourists, while 17.3% used their own cars, 5.7% coaches and buses, 0.8% river vessels, and 0.4% trains, while 0.9% arrived by other means of transport (rented cars, motorcycles, etc.).<\/p>\n
The total number of non-resident tourists staying in collective tourist accommodation structures in the third quarter of 2023 was 650,300, their expenditures totaling 1.701 billion lei (an average of 2,617 lei\/person). Of the non-resident tourists arriving in Romania in the third quarter of 2023, 46.5% traveled for business purposes, with their spending representing 49.9% of total expenditures.<\/p>\n
Of the total business expenditures in the third quarter of 2023, the main share was represented by accommodation costs (49.7%), followed by expenditures in restaurants and bars (18.8%) and those for shopping (14.1%).<\/p>\n
Of the non-resident tourists arriving in Romania in the third quarter of 2023, 53.5% traveled for personal purposes, their spending representing 50.1% of total expenditures.<\/p>\n
Personal travel includes trips for vacations, shopping, cultural and sporting events, visiting friends and relatives, medical treatment, religion, transit, and other activities. Of the total personal expenditures in the third quarter of 2023, the main share was represented by accommodation costs (46.1%), followed by expenditures in restaurants and bars (17.2%) and those for shopping (15.4%).<\/p>\n
Of the total non-residents arriving in Romania in the third quarter of 2023, 33.9% organized their stay through a travel agency, 41.3% organized their own stay, 13.5% opted for other methods of travel organization, while 11.3% organized their trip both on their own and through a travel agency.<\/p>\n
The main means of transport used to arrive in Romania in the third quarter of 2023 was the airplane, used by 73.6% of the total number of tourists, while 18.2% used their own cars, 6.3% coaches and buses, 0.5% trains, 0.3% river vessels, and 1.1% arrived by other means of transport (rented cars, motorcycles, etc.).<\/p>\n
What was the average expenditure of a non-resident tourist in Romania?<\/strong><\/p>\n On average, a non-resident tourist spent 2,578.6 lei during their stay in Romania in the first nine months of 2023.<\/p>\n What is the primary reason foreigners visit Romania?<\/strong><\/p>\n Business travel is the leading reason, accounting for 50.1% of total non-resident arrivals and over 55% of total spending.<\/p>\n How do most international tourists travel to Romania?<\/strong><\/p>\n Air travel is the preferred method, with nearly 75% of non-resident tourists arriving by plane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The total number of non-resident tourists staying in collective tourist accommodation structures in the first nine months was 1.521 million, their expenditures totaling 3.924 billion lei (an average of 2,578 lei\/person), according to data published Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). \u201dThe total number of non-resident tourists staying in collective tourist accommodation structures…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":90839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[3141,3140,2898,573],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-115203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism","tag-ins-en","tag-national-statistical-institute","tag-romania-en","tag-turisti-nerezidenti"],"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\/115203","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=115203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115203"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=115203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}