{"id":122828,"date":"2016-09-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/foreign-tourists-spent-over-2-7-billion-ron-in-romania-in-h1-2016\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T16:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:07:10","slug":"foreign-tourists-spent-over-2-7-billion-ron-in-romania-in-h1-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/foreign-tourists-spent-over-2-7-billion-ron-in-romania-in-h1-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign tourists spent over 2.7 billion RON in Romania in H1 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In the first half of this year, Romania was visited by 1,092.6 thousand foreign tourists who spent 2,761.6 million RON, according to data reported by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The main reason for the stay spent by foreign tourists in Romania was business, participation in congresses, conferences, courses, fairs, and exhibitions, their expenses representing 57.5% of the total.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The second reason for the stay spent by non-residents in Romania was private travel, with holiday travel standing out among these.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Of the total business expenses in the analyzed period, the largest share was represented by accommodation expenses, namely 53%. Non-resident tourists&#8217; expenses in restaurants and bars were 16.3%, and those for shopping represented 12.6%.<\/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>How much did foreign tourists spend in Romania in the first half of 2016?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Foreign tourists spent a total of 2,761.6 million RON during the first semester of 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was the primary reason for visits by non-resident tourists?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The main reason was business and participation in professional events, accounting for 57.5% of total expenditures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was the largest expense category for business travel?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The largest share of business expenses was allocated to accommodation, representing 53% of the total.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first half of this year, Romania was visited by 1,092.6 thousand foreign tourists who spent 2,761.6 million RON, according to data reported by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). The main reason for the stay spent by foreign tourists in Romania was business, participation in congresses, conferences, courses, fairs, and exhibitions, their expenses&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-122828","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\/122828","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=122828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122828"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=122828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}