{"id":120740,"date":"2018-07-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/in-june-the-value-of-holiday-vouchers-reached-a-record-level-of-125-million-eur\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T09:51:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:51:34","slug":"in-june-the-value-of-holiday-vouchers-reached-a-record-level-of-125-million-eur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/in-june-the-value-of-holiday-vouchers-reached-a-record-level-of-125-million-eur\/","title":{"rendered":"In June, the value of holiday vouchers reached a record level of 125 million EUR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The value of holiday vouchers reached a record level in June, amounting to 125 million EUR, compared to 3 million EUR in June 2017, according to data released on Tuesday by the National Association of Travel Agencies in Romania, ANAT.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In June, 11.3 million paper holiday vouchers were issued, worth over 117 million EUR, and 274,000 electronic vouchers, worth approximately 7.8 million EUR, ANAT representatives stated.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe considerable increase from 3 million EUR in June 2017 to 125 million EUR in June 2018 was driven by the granting of these extra-salary benefits to public sector employees,\u201d they explained.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Overall, in the period from January to June, approximately 14 million vouchers were issued in paper and electronic format, worth approximately 148 million EUR.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cFrom December 1, instead of paper or electronic holiday vouchers, public sector employees will receive an allowance, according to Article 26 of the Law on the Remuneration of personnel paid from public funds. Thus, the number and value of holiday vouchers at the national level will decrease considerably,\u201d ANAT representatives added.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profit.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Profit<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What was the total value of holiday vouchers in June?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The total value reached a record level of 125 million EUR, a massive increase compared to the 3 million EUR recorded in June 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who primarily benefited from these vouchers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The growth was mainly driven by the provision of these extra-salary benefits to public sector employees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What will happen to holiday vouchers starting December 1?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Remuneration Law, public sector employees will receive an allowance instead of vouchers, which will lead to a decrease in their volume nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The value of holiday vouchers reached a record level in June, amounting to 125 million EUR, compared to 3 million EUR in June 2017, according to data released on Tuesday by the National Association of Travel Agencies in Romania, ANAT. In June, 11.3 million paper holiday vouchers were issued, worth over 117 million EUR, and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-120740","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\/120740","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=120740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120740"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=120740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}