{"id":122052,"date":"2017-05-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/more-and-more-foreign-tourists-choose-bucharest-as-a-holiday-destination\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T13:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:32:31","slug":"more-and-more-foreign-tourists-choose-bucharest-as-a-holiday-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/more-and-more-foreign-tourists-choose-bucharest-as-a-holiday-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"More and more foreign tourists choose Bucharest as a holiday destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>If 5 years ago only 20% of foreigners staying in Capital hotels were tourists, the rest being business people, now the share of those coming for holidays has increased to 40%.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Also, the occupancy rate of hotels in Bucharest has increased during the weekend to 60-65%, compared to 40-45% 10 years ago.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In recent years, however, events organized in Bucharest and the city&#8217;s old center, but especially the increasing number of low-cost flights, which have made holidays cheaper, make Romania&#8217;s capital a tourist city comparable to Berlin, according to hoteliers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Calin Ile, president of the Romanian Hotel Industry Federation, FIHR, stated that most tourists who arrive in Bucharest leave satisfied because they find better things here than they expected.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Most tourists come from Western European countries.<\/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 has the number of foreign tourists in Bucharest increased?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The growth is driven by local events, the revitalization of the Old Town, and the abundance of low-cost flights that have made travel more affordable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How has the visitor profile in the Capital changed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the last 5 years, the share of those visiting for leisure has increased from 20% to 40%, with the remainder being business travelers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where do most foreign tourists in Bucharest come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The majority of foreign tourists choosing Bucharest as a holiday destination come from Western European countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If 5 years ago only 20% of foreigners staying in Capital hotels were tourists, the rest being business people, now the share of those coming for holidays has increased to 40%.&nbsp; Also, the occupancy rate of hotels in Bucharest has increased during the weekend to 60-65%, compared to 40-45% 10 years ago. In recent years,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-122052","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\/122052","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=122052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122052"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=122052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}