{"id":123697,"date":"2016-03-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/bucharest-is-becoming-attractive-for-weekend-tourists-as-well\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T18:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:03:00","slug":"bucharest-is-becoming-attractive-for-weekend-tourists-as-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/bucharest-is-becoming-attractive-for-weekend-tourists-as-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucharest is becoming attractive for weekend tourists as well"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Lucian Boronea, general manager of the Accent Travel agency, stated that hotel occupancy rates have started to no longer be concentrated on Monday-Friday, but to increase more and more during the weekend.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In 2015, the average occupancy rate of hotels in Bucharest increased to 68%, compared to 62.6% in 2014, according to a study by STR Global. Accommodation units in the Capital have attracted in recent years mainly business people and conference participants, relying less on tourists, unlike other European capitals.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Currently, for the largest hotels in Bucharest, the business travel segment represents more than 50% of turnover.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In Bucharest, about 1 million foreigners stay annually, a figure that could increase in the coming years, due to both the bet made by airlines on Romania and the recommendations made by Romanians abroad to their foreign friends.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wall-street.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Wall-Street<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What is the average hotel occupancy rate in Bucharest?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to STR Global, the average occupancy rate in Bucharest reached 68% in 2015, up from 62.6% the previous year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which segment generates the most revenue for Bucharest hotels?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The business travel segment remains dominant, accounting for more than 50% of the turnover for the city&#8217;s largest hotels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is tourism increasing in the Romanian capital?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Growth is driven by increased airline investments in Romania and personal recommendations from Romanians living abroad to their international peers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucian Boronea, general manager of the Accent Travel agency, stated that hotel occupancy rates have started to no longer be concentrated on Monday-Friday, but to increase more and more during the weekend. In 2015, the average occupancy rate of hotels in Bucharest increased to 68%, compared to 62.6% in 2014, according to a study by&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-123697","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\/123697","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=123697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123697"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=123697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}