{"id":122316,"date":"2017-03-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/restoring-small-spa-resorts-would-cost-over-150-million-eur\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:12:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:12:45","slug":"restoring-small-spa-resorts-would-cost-over-150-million-eur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/restoring-small-spa-resorts-would-cost-over-150-million-eur\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoring small spa resorts would cost over 150 million EUR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Organization of Spa Tourism Employers in Romania, OPTBR, announced that over 25 former small spa resorts of local interest are abandoned and no longer functional, and their restoration would cost over 150 million EUR, money that the spa employers&#8217; association hopes to obtain from European funds and the Ministry of Tourism&#8217;s budget.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>2016 was a very good year for the Romanian spa sector, with some travel agencies recording 2-3 times increases in sales for this type of product. For this year, operators in the field expect even higher growth if holiday vouchers for public sector employees are introduced.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thus, while demand for spa resorts has increased by 6-10% each year, after the introduction of vouchers it could rise by 30%, estimates Nicu Radulescu, president of the Organization of Spa Tourism Employers, OPTBR.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Currently, there are over 60 functional resorts in Romania, but only half are effectively certified as balneoclimatic resorts.<\/div>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How much would it cost to restore Romania&#8217;s abandoned spa resorts?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The restoration of over 25 small, abandoned spa resorts is estimated to cost more than 150 million EUR.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the expected impact of holiday vouchers on spa tourism?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The introduction of holiday vouchers for public sector employees is expected to increase demand for spa resorts by approximately 30%.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many certified balneoclimatic resorts are currently in Romania?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While there are over 60 functional resorts, only about half are officially certified as balneoclimatic resorts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Organization of Spa Tourism Employers in Romania, OPTBR, announced that over 25 former small spa resorts of local interest are abandoned and no longer functional, and their restoration would cost over 150 million EUR, money that the spa employers&#8217; association hopes to obtain from European funds and the Ministry of Tourism&#8217;s budget. 2016 was&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2859],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-122316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stirea-editiei-en"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/topstory.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122316","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=122316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122316"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=122316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}