{"id":122506,"date":"2017-01-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/evolution-of-arrivals-and-overnight-stays-in-november-and-the-first-11-months-of-2016\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:38:50","slug":"evolution-of-arrivals-and-overnight-stays-in-november-and-the-first-11-months-of-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/evolution-of-arrivals-and-overnight-stays-in-november-and-the-first-11-months-of-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolution of arrivals and overnight stays in November and the first 11 months of 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arrivals registered in tourist accommodation establishments in November 2016 totaled 769.7 thousand, an increase of 6.3% compared to November 2015. Of these, 78.3% represented arrivals of Romanian tourists and 21.7% represented arrivals of foreign tourists.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the arrivals of foreign tourists in tourist accommodation establishments, the largest share was held by those from Europe &#8211; 76% of the total foreign tourists, and of these, 83.9% were from European Union countries.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight stays registered in tourist accommodation establishments in November 2016 totaled 1651.4 thousand, an increase of 0.1% compared to November 2015. Of these, 81.3% represented overnight stays of Romanian tourists and 18.7% represented overnight stays of foreign tourists.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the overnight stays of foreign tourists in tourist accommodation establishments, the largest share was held by those from Europe &#8211; 76.3% of the total foreign tourists, and of these&nbsp; 83.8% were from European Union countries.<\/p>\n<p>The average length of stay in November 2016 was&nbsp; 2.2 days for Romanian tourists and 1.8 days for foreign tourists.<\/p>\n<p>The net occupancy rate of accommodation places in November 2016 was 27.3% for the total tourist accommodation establishments, an increase of 0.2% compared to November 2015. Higher occupancy rates in the analyzed month were recorded at hotels&nbsp; &#8211; 35.5%, inns &#8211; 21%, hostels &#8211; 19.3%, tourist villas &#8211; 17.8%, and tourist boarding houses &#8211; 17.1%.<\/p>\n<p>Arrivals of foreign visitors to Romania, registered at border points, were 690.6 thousand in November, an increase of 8.3% compared to November 2015. The majority of foreign&nbsp; visitors&nbsp; come from countries located in Europe &#8211; 94.1%.<\/p>\n<p>Of the total arrivals of foreign visitors to Romania, 53.9% come from European Union states. Among the European Union states, the most arrivals were recorded from Bulgaria &#8211; 32.2%, Hungary &#8211; 25.4%, Italy &#8211; 8.9%, Germany &#8211; 6.5%, Poland &#8211; 6.1%, and France &#8211; 3.2%.<\/p>\n<p>Departures of Romanian&nbsp; visitors&nbsp; abroad, registered at border points, were in&nbsp; <br \/>November 1181.8 thousand, an increase of 24% compared to November 2015. Road&nbsp; <br \/>transport means were the most used for departures abroad, representing 65.6% of the <br \/>total number of departures.<\/p>\n<p>Arrivals registered in tourist accommodation establishments in the period January &#8211; November totaled 10208 thousand, an increase of 10.5% compared to the same period in 2015. Of these, 77.2% represented arrivals of Romanian tourists and 22.8% represented arrivals of foreign tourists.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the arrivals of foreign tourists in tourist accommodation establishments, the largest share was held by those from Europe &#8211; 74.9% of the total foreign tourists, and of these, 85.5% were from European Union countries.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight stays registered in tourist accommodation establishments in the period January &#8211; November 2016 totaled 23848.7 thousand, an increase of 7.9% compared to the same period in 2015. Of these, 81% represented overnight stays of Romanian tourists and 19% represented overnight stays of foreign tourists.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the overnight stays of foreign tourists in tourist accommodation establishments, the largest share was held by those from Europe &#8211; 73.3% of the total foreign tourists, and of these, 83.8% were from European Union countries.<\/p>\n<p>The average length of stay in the period January &#8211; November was 2.5 days for Romanian tourists and 1.9 days for foreign tourists.<\/p>\n<p>The net occupancy rate of accommodation places in the first eleven months of 2016 was 31.4% for the total tourist accommodation establishments, an increase of 2% compared to the same period in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Higher occupancy rates in the analyzed period were recorded at hotels &#8211; 39.7%, accommodation spaces on ships &#8211; 26.1%, tourist villas &#8211; 24.5%, and bungalows &#8211; 23.2%.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The highest number of arrivals of foreign tourists accommodated in tourist accommodation establishments with accommodation functions came from Germany &#8211; 267.5 thousand, Israel &#8211; 231.8 thousand, Italy &#8211; 217.3 thousand, United Kingdom &#8211; 133.1 thousand, France &#8211; 136.9 thousand.<\/p>\n<p>Arrivals of foreign visitors to Romania, registered at border points, were 9486.2&nbsp; thousand in the analyzed period, an increase of 10.1% compared to the period January &#8211; November 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of foreign&nbsp; visitors&nbsp; come from countries located in Europe &#8211; 93%. Of the total arrivals of foreign visitors to Romania, 54.1% come from European Union states. Among the European Union states, the most arrivals were recorded from Hungary &#8211; 28.3%, Bulgaria &#8211; 27.4%, <br \/>Germany &#8211; 8.5%, Italy &#8211; 7.6%, Poland &#8211; 5.6%, and France &#8211; 3.7%.<\/p>\n<p>Departures of Romanian visitors abroad, registered at border points, were 15015.7 thousand in the period January &#8211; November 2016, an increase of 24.5% compared to the same period in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Road transport means were the most used for departures abroad, representing 69% of the total number of departures.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insse.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">National Institute of Statistics<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What was the growth in tourist arrivals in the first 11 months of 2016?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arrivals increased by 10.5% compared to the same period in 2015, reaching a total of 10,208 thousand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which countries provided the most foreign tourists to Romania?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The highest number of foreign tourist arrivals came from Germany (267.5 thousand), Israel (231.8 thousand), and Italy (217.3 thousand).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was the average length of stay for foreign tourists in November 2016?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In November 2016, the average length of stay for foreign tourists was 1.8 days, compared to 2.2 days for Romanian tourists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arrivals registered in tourist accommodation establishments in November 2016 totaled 769.7 thousand, an increase of 6.3% compared to November 2015. Of these, 78.3% represented arrivals of Romanian tourists and 21.7% represented arrivals of foreign tourists. Regarding the arrivals of foreign tourists in tourist accommodation establishments, the largest share was held by those from Europe &#8211;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-122506","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\/122506","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=122506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122506"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=122506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}