{"id":119678,"date":"2019-12-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/evolution-of-arrivals-and-overnight-stays-in-romania-in-october-2019-and-the-first-ten-months-of-this-year\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T13:50:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:50:21","slug":"evolution-of-arrivals-and-overnight-stays-in-romania-in-october-2019-and-the-first-ten-months-of-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/evolution-of-arrivals-and-overnight-stays-in-romania-in-october-2019-and-the-first-ten-months-of-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolution of arrivals and overnight stays in Romania in October 2019 and the first ten months of this year"},"content":{"rendered":"
Arrivals registered in tourist reception structures in October 2019 totaled 1,081.8 thousand, an increase of 1.2% compared to October 2018. Of these, 77.9% represented arrivals of Romanian tourists, while foreign tourists accounted for 22.1%.<\/div>\n
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Regarding the arrivals of foreign tourists in tourist reception structures, the largest share was held by those from Europe (74.1% of total foreign tourists), and of these, 82.4% were from European Union countries.<\/div>\n
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Overnight stays registered in tourist reception structures in October 2019 totaled 2,352.3 thousand, an increase of 2.4% compared to October 2018. Of these, 79.8% represented overnight stays of Romanian tourists, while overnight stays of foreign tourists accounted for 20.2%.<\/div>\n
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Regarding the overnight stays of foreign tourists in tourist reception structures, the largest share was held by those from Europe – 72.9% of total foreign tourists, and of these, 82.4% were from European Union countries.<\/div>\n
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The average length of stay in October 2019 was 2.2 days for Romanian tourists and 2 days for foreign tourists. The net occupancy rate of accommodation places in October 2019 was 34.3% for total tourist accommodation structures, an increase of 1.2% compared to October 2018. Higher occupancy rates in October 2019 were recorded in hotels (45.2%), tourist villas (24.0%), hostels (23.9%), accommodation spaces on ships (22.1%), tourist guesthouses (21.1%), and agritourism guesthouses (18.2%).<\/div>\n
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Arrivals of foreign visitors to Romania, registered at border points, were 1,012.9 thousand in October 2019, an increase of 5.3% compared to October 2018. Road and air transport were the most used for arrivals from abroad, representing 70.7% and 26.3%, respectively, of the total number of arrivals.<\/div>\n
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Departures of Romanian visitors abroad, registered at border points, were 1,667.8 thousand in October 2019, an increase of 7.1% compared to October 2018. Road and air transport were the most used for departures abroad, representing 62.0% and 37.3%, respectively, of the total number of departures. <\/div>\n
Arrivals registered in tourist reception structures in the period January \u2013 October 2019 totaled 11,531.3 thousand, an increase of 4.1% compared to the same period in 2018. Of these, 79.7% represented arrivals of Romanian tourists, while foreign tourists accounted for 20.3%.<\/div>\n
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Regarding the arrivals of foreign tourists in tourist reception structures, the largest share was held by those from Europe – 74.4% of total foreign tourists, and of these, 84.7% were from European Union countries.<\/div>\n
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Overnight stays registered in tourist reception structures in the period January \u2013 October 2019 totaled 26,254.3 thousand, an increase of 5.7% compared to those in the same period of 2018. Of these, 82.5% represented overnight stays of Romanian tourists, while overnight stays of foreign tourists accounted for 17.5%. <\/div>\n
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Regarding the overnight stays of foreign tourists in tourist reception structures, the largest share was held by those from Europe (72.2% of total foreign tourists), and of these, 84.1% were from European Union countries.<\/div>\n
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The average length of stay in the period January \u2013 October 2019 was 2.4 days for Romanian tourists and 2 days for foreign tourists. The net occupancy rate of accommodation places in the analyzed period was 35.3% for total tourist accommodation structures, an increase of 2% compared to the same period in 2018.<\/div>\n
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Higher occupancy rates in the period January \u2013 October 2019 were recorded in hotels (44.1%), bungalows (32.4%), tourist villas (29.2%), accommodation spaces on ships (27.7%), hostels (26.2%), campsites (23.8%), and tourist guesthouses (22.9%).<\/div>\n
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Arrivals of foreign visitors to Romania, registered at border points, were 11,036.3 thousand in the analyzed period, an increase of 9.7% compared to the same period last year. Road and air transport were the most used for arrivals of foreign visitors to Romania, representing 74.7% and 22.7%, respectively, of the total number of arrivals.<\/div>\n
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Departures of Romanian visitors abroad, registered at border points, were 20,113.8 thousand in the period January \u2013 October 2019, an increase of 9.7% compared to the same period in 2018. Road and air transport were the most used for departures abroad, representing 69.0% and 30.4%, respectively, of the total number of departures.<\/div>\n

Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n

What was the growth in tourist arrivals in October 2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arrivals increased by 1.2% compared to October 2018, totaling 1,081.8 thousand.<\/p>\n

Which accommodation type had the highest occupancy rate?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hotels recorded the highest net occupancy rate at 45.2% in October 2019.<\/p>\n

How many foreign visitors entered Romania in the first ten months of 2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Foreign visitor arrivals at border points reached 11,036.3 thousand, a 9.7% increase compared to the same period of the previous year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arrivals registered in tourist reception structures in October 2019 totaled 1,081.8 thousand, an increase of 1.2% compared to October 2018. Of these, 77.9% represented arrivals of Romanian tourists, while foreign tourists accounted for 22.1%. Regarding the arrivals of foreign tourists in tourist reception structures, the largest share was held by those from Europe (74.1% of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-119678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","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\/119678","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=119678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119678"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=119678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}