{"id":115326,"date":"2023-10-26T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/romanian-tourism-nears-pre-pandemic-levels\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T10:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:56:37","slug":"romanian-tourism-nears-pre-pandemic-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/romanian-tourism-nears-pre-pandemic-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Romanian Tourism Nears Pre-Pandemic Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Holiday package sales in 2023 are nearing the levels recorded before the Covid-19 pandemic, despite price increases compared to 2019.<\/p>\n<p>There are instances where sales have surged by 200% this year relative to 2019, following marketing strategies adapted during the pandemic period.<\/p>\n<p>The development of domestic and international holiday packages during the pandemic led to sales growth, even though travel conditions imposed numerous regulations during that interval.<\/p>\n<p>Another recent trend among Romanian tourists is bypassing travel agencies and booking vacations online, directly with hoteliers or in private apartments.<\/p>\n<p>According to a study by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) &#8211; a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) &#8211; global tourism is on track to recover between 80% and 95% of global vacation numbers by the end of 2023.<\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Has Romanian tourism fully recovered from the pandemic?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sales in 2023 are very close to 2019 levels, with some sectors showing a 200% increase due to adapted marketing strategies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How are Romanian booking habits changing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is a significant trend of tourists bypassing travel agencies to book directly with hotels or private apartments online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the outlook for global tourism recovery?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The UNWTO estimates that global tourism will reach between 80% and 95% of its pre-pandemic volume by the end of 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holiday package sales in 2023 are nearing the levels recorded before the Covid-19 pandemic, despite price increases compared to 2019. There are instances where sales have surged by 200% this year relative to 2019, following marketing strategies adapted during the pandemic period. The development of domestic and international holiday packages during the pandemic led to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":92313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[2067,243],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-115326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism","tag-turism-romanesc","tag-unwto"],"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\/115326","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=115326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115326"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=115326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}