{"id":119986,"date":"2019-07-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/bucharest-was-visited-by-over-2-million-tourists-in-2018\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T15:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:42:08","slug":"bucharest-was-visited-by-over-2-million-tourists-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/bucharest-was-visited-by-over-2-million-tourists-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucharest was visited by over 2 million tourists in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bucharest remains the primary destination in Romania for foreign tourists, with their numbers being three times higher than in the cities of Constan\u021ba, Bra\u0219ov, Cluj-Napoca, and Timi\u0219oara combined. <\/div>\n
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According to INS data, in 2018, Bucharest was visited by approximately 2.08 million tourists, of which 1.21 million were foreigners and nearly 870,000 were Romanians. <\/div>\n
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In 2017, the Capital recorded 2.04 million tourists, while in 2016, 1.92 million tourists were registered, in 2015 – 1.72 million, and in 2014, just over 1.5 million tourists.<\/div>\n
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Only one-third of foreign tourists in Bucharest come for leisure, as the majority arrive here for business, congresses, and conferences, stated C\u0103lin Ile, president of the Federation of the Romanian Hotel Industry, FIHR.<\/div>\n
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The most foreigners arriving in the Capital are from Israel – nearly 170,000, followed by those from the USA – 104,000, Italy – 92,000, Germany – 82,000, the UK – 80,000, and France – 72,000. Last year, 1,400 tourists from South Africa, 2,555 from Mexico, and 1,600 from Thailand were also recorded. From China, 18,700 tourists visited the city, a number hoteliers consider insignificant relative to the potential.<\/div>\n
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Ile estimates that if Bucharest were promoted abroad, the ratio of foreign to Romanian tourists could be equal.<\/div>\n
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“Bucharest does not exist on the international promotion map, and we, the hoteliers, continue to complain that the Capital City Hall could use at least the money from the promotion tax we pay\u2014which collects around 2.5 million EUR and we don’t know what happens to it\u2014to make the city known,” the FIHR representative specified.<\/div>\n
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He believes that, normally, much more should be invested in promotion, meaning at least 5 EUR\/tourist, which for 1.2 million foreigners would mean an annual budget of over 6 million EUR.<\/div>\n
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The next city in the top, after Bucharest, is Bra\u0219ov, with nearly 660,000 tourists (of which 157,000 are foreigners), followed by Constan\u021ba, with 575,000 tourists (of which 47,000 are foreigners), Cluj-Napoca – 477,000 tourists (119,000 foreigners), Mangalia (340,000 tourists, of which 3,180 are foreigners), and Timi\u0219oara (315,000 tourists, of which 107,000 are foreigners).<\/div>\n

Source: Profit<\/a><\/p>\n

Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n

How many foreign tourists visited Bucharest in 2018?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2018, Bucharest was visited by 1.21 million foreign tourists, out of a total of 2.08 million visitors.<\/p>\n

Which countries send the most tourists to the Romanian capital?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The largest groups of foreign tourists come from Israel (170,000), followed by the USA (104,000), Italy (92,000), Germany (82,000), and the UK (80,000).<\/p>\n

What is the primary reason for foreign travel to Bucharest?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The majority of foreign visitors (about two-thirds) travel to Bucharest for business purposes, including congresses and conferences, rather than leisure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bucharest remains the primary destination in Romania for foreign tourists, with their numbers being three times higher than in the cities of Constan\u021ba, Bra\u0219ov, Cluj-Napoca, and Timi\u0219oara combined.  According to INS data, in 2018, Bucharest was visited by approximately 2.08 million tourists, of which 1.21 million were foreigners and nearly 870,000 were Romanians.  In 2017,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-119986","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\/119986","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=119986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119986"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=119986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}