{"id":122228,"date":"2017-03-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/cluj-napoca-welcomed-370000-tourists-in-2016-surpassing-its-population\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:00:48","slug":"cluj-napoca-welcomed-370000-tourists-in-2016-surpassing-its-population","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/cluj-napoca-welcomed-370000-tourists-in-2016-surpassing-its-population\/","title":{"rendered":"Cluj-Napoca welcomed 370,000 tourists in 2016, surpassing its population"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In 2016, the city of Cluj-Napoca was, for the first time, a city with more tourists than inhabitants, specifically 370,000 visitors, an increase of 15% compared to the number of tourists recorded in 2015. The municipality&#8217;s population recorded at the last census is just under 325,000 inhabitants.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Most of the foreign tourists came from Europe and the United States.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Of the nearly 370,000 visitors, almost a quarter were foreign tourists. Compared to 2015, their number increased by over 10%.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Regarding the origin of the tourists, the first place is occupied by Romania, followed by France, Germany, Spain, Great Britain, Italy, the USA, Poland, Israel, and Hungary.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For this year, it is estimated that the number of tourists will increase. Also, local authorities are investing over 9 million RON to create larger pedestrian zones and to open new attractions.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Cluj-Napoca was in 2016 the fourth most visited municipality in Romania, after Bucharest, Constanta, and Brasov.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digi24.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Digi 24<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How many tourists visited Cluj-Napoca in 2016?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Cluj-Napoca welcomed approximately 370,000 tourists, surpassing the city&#8217;s total population for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where do most foreign tourists in Cluj-Napoca come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most foreign visitors originate from European countries such as France, Germany, Spain, and the UK, as well as the United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the tourism ranking of Cluj-Napoca in Romania?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cluj-Napoca was the fourth most visited city in Romania in 2016, following Bucharest, Constanta, and Brasov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2016, the city of Cluj-Napoca was, for the first time, a city with more tourists than inhabitants, specifically 370,000 visitors, an increase of 15% compared to the number of tourists recorded in 2015. The municipality&#8217;s population recorded at the last census is just under 325,000 inhabitants. Most of the foreign tourists came from Europe&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-122228","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\/122228","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=122228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122228"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=122228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}