{"id":123229,"date":"2016-07-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/flight-tickets-city-breaks-and-hotel-bookings-are-the-most-popular-online-travel-services\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T16:56:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:56:36","slug":"flight-tickets-city-breaks-and-hotel-bookings-are-the-most-popular-online-travel-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/flight-tickets-city-breaks-and-hotel-bookings-are-the-most-popular-online-travel-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight tickets, city breaks, and hotel bookings are the most popular online travel services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Romanian tourists who choose to book their travels online look for offers on flight tickets, city break packages, hotel room reservations, and travel consultancy via call center or live chat, according to a study conducted by the consulting company GfK Romania.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The research aimed to identify different behaviors of tourists in Romania, as well as to compare the agencies competing in the local online travel booking market: Esky, Vola.ro, Tripsta, Paravion, and Flygo.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>9 out of 10 people surveyed stated they had heard of Vola.ro, placing the brand in first place among online agencies regarding market recognition.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Most online tourists are individuals with higher education and medium to high incomes, with ages ranging between 18 and 45. A large portion of customers are women and live in urban areas, in cities with over 200,000 inhabitants.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Bucharest is the most active from this perspective, being the city with the highest penetration of the online tourism market.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The least sought-after service online is car rental.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capital.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Capital<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What are the most popular online travel services in Romania?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Flight tickets, city break packages, and hotel reservations are the most sought-after services by Romanian tourists booking online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which online travel agency has the highest brand recognition in Romania?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the GfK study, Vola.ro ranks first, with 9 out of 10 respondents stating they have heard of the brand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the profile of the typical Romanian online travel consumer?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The typical consumer is aged 18-45, has higher education, medium to high income, and lives in large urban areas like Bucharest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian tourists who choose to book their travels online look for offers on flight tickets, city break packages, hotel room reservations, and travel consultancy via call center or live chat, according to a study conducted by the consulting company GfK Romania. The research aimed to identify different behaviors of tourists in Romania, as well as&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-123229","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\/123229","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=123229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123229"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=123229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}