{"id":121760,"date":"2017-08-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/bucharest-has-become-attractive-for-tourists\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T12:46:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T10:46:50","slug":"bucharest-has-become-attractive-for-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/bucharest-has-become-attractive-for-tourists\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucharest Has Become Attractive for Tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In recent years, Bucharest has become a tourist city, and the summer occupancy rate of hotels has increased 2-3 times.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In the 2009-2014 period, most hotels in Bucharest lived exclusively on business tourists. The average hotel occupancy rate rose to approximately 50-60% during the period considered peak &#8211; September, October, November, and in July and August it dropped to around 20-30%, stated Mihai Acatrinei, treasurer of the Romanian Hotel Industry Federation (FIHR) and general manager of the Ramada Majestic hotel in central Bucharest.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He says that, on average, a hotel&#8217;s profitability threshold is somewhere around 50-60%, so in the two summer months, left without business travelers, Bucharest hotels operated at a loss. In the last 3 years, however, things have changed, and Bucharest has become attractive for tourists coming for relaxation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Bucharest is considered a safe destination, given that many other cities, much more attractive for tourism, have lost this advantage.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In addition, in Bucharest, hoteliers lower summer rates by at least 30%, which does not happen in cities with a tradition in tourism. In this context, this year, hotels in the capital reached an occupancy rate of over 60% in July and August, and the trend is increasing from year to year, specified Mihai Acatrinei.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Most clients are foreign tourists, generally families with children, from Israel, France, Italy, or Germany. Their average stay is around 2.5 days.<\/div>\n<div><\/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>Why is Bucharest seeing more tourists during the summer?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bucharest has become a safe and affordable alternative to other European cities, with hotel rates dropping by at least 30% during the summer months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How has the hotel occupancy rate changed in Bucharest?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Summer occupancy has increased from 20-30% in previous years to over 60% currently, as the city shifts from business to leisure tourism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who are the typical tourists visiting Bucharest?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most visitors are foreign families from Israel, France, Italy, and Germany, with an average stay of 2.5 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, Bucharest has become a tourist city, and the summer occupancy rate of hotels has increased 2-3 times.&nbsp; In the 2009-2014 period, most hotels in Bucharest lived exclusively on business tourists. The average hotel occupancy rate rose to approximately 50-60% during the period considered peak &#8211; September, October, November, and in July and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-121760","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\/121760","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=121760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121760"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=121760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}