{"id":118155,"date":"2020-10-25T18:30:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T16:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/new-years-eve-bookings-down-by-half-compared-to-2019\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T15:45:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T13:45:02","slug":"new-years-eve-bookings-down-by-half-compared-to-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/new-years-eve-bookings-down-by-half-compared-to-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year&#8217;s Eve Bookings Down by Half Compared to 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New Year&#8217;s Eve bookings in mountain resorts have reached half of last year&#8217;s levels, with the main causes being tourism restrictions\u2014closed restaurants and the ban on parties with more than 20 guests\u2014as well as the fear of COVID-19 infection among some Romanians, stated Drago\u0219 R\u0103ducan, First Vice-President of the Federation of Romanian Tourism Employers (FPTR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to FPTR data, currently, only about 50% of spots in guesthouses are booked, but not all are paid for, as tourists are waiting to see what restrictions will emerge by then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hotels, on the other hand, are currently booked at a rate of only 20-30% for New Year&#8217;s Eve.<\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3><strong>Why have New Year&#8217;s Eve bookings decreased?<\/strong><p>The decline is caused by health restrictions, such as restaurant closures and party limits, as well as the fear of COVID-19 infection.<\/p><strong>What is the current occupancy rate for guesthouses and hotels?<\/strong><p>Guesthouses have a booking rate of approximately 50%, while hotels are only 20-30% booked.<\/p><strong>Why are many existing bookings not yet paid for?<\/strong><p>Tourists are hesitant to make full payments as they wait to see if new restrictions will be implemented before the holiday season.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Year&#8217;s Eve bookings in mountain resorts have reached half of last year&#8217;s levels, with the main causes being tourism restrictions\u2014closed restaurants and the ban on parties with more than 20 guests\u2014as well as the fear of COVID-19 infection among some Romanians, stated Drago\u0219 R\u0103ducan, First Vice-President of the Federation of Romanian Tourism Employers (FPTR).&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":69874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[305],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-118155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism","tag-revelion-2021"],"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\/118155","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=118155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118155"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=118155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}