{"id":122921,"date":"2016-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/find-out-how-many-tourists-spent-their-mini-vacation-in-romania-and-their-total-spending\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T16:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:21:10","slug":"find-out-how-many-tourists-spent-their-mini-vacation-in-romania-and-their-total-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/find-out-how-many-tourists-spent-their-mini-vacation-in-romania-and-their-total-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"Find out how many tourists spent their mini-vacation in Romania and their total spending"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>According to a press release from the Federation of Romanian Tourism Employers (FPTR), the number of Romanians who spent the May 1st and Easter mini-vacation in the country increased by 52% compared to the same periods in 2012.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Romanians spent over 51 million RON on tourism services alone and over 35 million RON on entertainment during this mini-vacation, according to FPTR data.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to FPTR, for Easter, the majority of tourists chose rural areas in Romania as their destination, with guesthouses recording over 65,000 tourists.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mountain resorts were chosen for the Easter holidays by approximately 25,000 tourists, double the number from last year. Accommodation units in the Prahova Valley were 70-80% occupied, while in other mountain resorts, the occupancy rate was up to 70%.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>On the coast, after May 1st, about 16,000 tourists remained to spend Easter, while 10,000 tourists spent Easter in spa resorts, a figure identical to last year.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Danube Delta was chosen by approximately 2,500 tourists for the May 1st and Easter mini-vacation, two and a half times more than last year.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Over 12,000 Romanians chose to spend this mini-vacation abroad, spending a total of 2.3 million EUR. Over 7,000 Romanians chose Bulgaria as their destination, where they spent 630,000 EUR, followed by Hungary and Turkey, with 600 Romanian tourists each.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to FPTR, the figures are approximate and were obtained based on data provided by the www.RezEx.ro reservation system, estimates provided by ANTREC, OPTBR, and FPTR members, as well as a survey applied to a significant number of tourism operators.<\/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 Romanians spend on tourism during the mini-vacation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Romanians spent over 51 million RON on tourism services and more than 35 million RON on entertainment during the May 1st and Easter break.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which was the most popular destination in Romania for Easter?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rural areas were the top choice, with guesthouses hosting over 65,000 tourists during the holiday period.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many Romanians traveled abroad for the holidays?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More than 12,000 Romanians traveled abroad, spending approximately 2.3 million EUR, with Bulgaria being the most popular foreign destination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a press release from the Federation of Romanian Tourism Employers (FPTR), the number of Romanians who spent the May 1st and Easter mini-vacation in the country increased by 52% compared to the same periods in 2012.&nbsp; Romanians spent over 51 million RON on tourism services alone and over 35 million RON on entertainment&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":63863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-122921","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\/122921","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=122921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122921"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=122921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}