{"id":122448,"date":"2017-01-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/romania-bulgaria-slovakia-poland-and-cyprus-are-the-countries-with-the-fastest-growth-rate-in-the-number-of-overnight-stays-in-accommodation-units\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:31:18","slug":"romania-bulgaria-slovakia-poland-and-cyprus-are-the-countries-with-the-fastest-growth-rate-in-the-number-of-overnight-stays-in-accommodation-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/romania-bulgaria-slovakia-poland-and-cyprus-are-the-countries-with-the-fastest-growth-rate-in-the-number-of-overnight-stays-in-accommodation-units\/","title":{"rendered":"Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Poland, and Cyprus are the countries with the fastest growth rate in the number of overnight stays in accommodation units"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The fastest growth rate in the number of overnight stays in hotels and tourist accommodation units was recorded in 2016 by Bulgaria &#8211; 17.9%, Slovakia &#8211; 16%, Poland &#8211; 11.8%, Cyprus &#8211; 10.9% and Romania &#8211; 8.5%, the only significant decreases being in France (minus 4.6%) and Great Britain (minus 4.5%), according to data presented by the Statistical Office of the European Union, Eurostat.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>At the European Union level, in 2016, a 2% increase in the number of overnight stays in hotels and tourist accommodation units was recorded, at the record level of 2.8 billion.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economica.net\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Economica<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Which EU countries had the highest growth in overnight stays in 2016?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bulgaria led with 17.9%, followed by Slovakia (16%), Poland (11.8%), Cyprus (10.9%), and Romania (8.5%).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which countries saw a decline in tourist overnight stays?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>France and the United Kingdom experienced significant decreases of 4.6% and 4.5%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was the overall trend for overnight stays in the EU in 2016?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The EU saw a 2% increase, reaching a record total of 2.8 billion overnight stays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fastest growth rate in the number of overnight stays in hotels and tourist accommodation units was recorded in 2016 by Bulgaria &#8211; 17.9%, Slovakia &#8211; 16%, Poland &#8211; 11.8%, Cyprus &#8211; 10.9% and Romania &#8211; 8.5%, the only significant decreases being in France (minus 4.6%) and Great Britain (minus 4.5%), according to data presented&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-122448","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\/122448","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=122448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122448"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=122448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}