{"id":123848,"date":"2016-01-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/eurostat-overnight-stays-in-romania-increased-by-16-in-2015\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T18:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:28:24","slug":"eurostat-overnight-stays-in-romania-increased-by-16-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/eurostat-overnight-stays-in-romania-increased-by-16-in-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurostat: Overnight stays in Romania increased by 16% in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Last year, overnight stays in tourist accommodation structures in Romania increased by almost 16%, reaching 23.4 million, the highest growth in the European Union; however, Romania remains among the least sought-after destinations by foreign tourists, most of whom prefer Spain, Italy, and France.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In total, foreign tourists spent 4.5 million nights in Romania last year, an 18.3% increase from 3.8 million nights in 2014, according to data presented by Eurostat.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Among the destinations less chosen by tourists are Slovakia &#8211; 4.3 million nights spent by foreign tourists, Estonia &#8211; 3.8 million nights, Lithuania and Latvia &#8211; 2.9 million nights each. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Regarding overnight stays at the European Union level, these increased by 3.2% to over 2.76 billion, of which 1.26 billion represent the number of nights spent by non-residents. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The most sought-after destination by foreign tourists was Spain, with 268 million nights, or 21% of the total nights spent by non-residents in EU accommodation structures, followed by Italy with 191 million nights or 15% of the total, and France with 134 million nights or 11% of the total.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Regarding overnight stays by residents in hotels and guesthouses in Romania, their number increased last year by 15.3% to 19 million nights, also the fastest growth in the EU, Eurostat data shows.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profit.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Profit<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How much did overnight stays in Romania grow in 2015?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Overnight stays in Romania increased by nearly 16% in 2015, reaching 23.4 million, the highest growth rate in the European Union.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which EU countries are the most popular for foreign tourists?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spain, Italy, and France are the top destinations. Spain led with 268 million nights, followed by Italy and France.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was the increase in domestic tourism in Romania?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Overnight stays by Romanian residents grew by 15.3% in 2015, reaching a total of 19 million nights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, overnight stays in tourist accommodation structures in Romania increased by almost 16%, reaching 23.4 million, the highest growth in the European Union; however, Romania remains among the least sought-after destinations by foreign tourists, most of whom prefer Spain, Italy, and France. In total, foreign tourists spent 4.5 million nights in Romania last year,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-123848","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\/123848","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=123848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123848"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=123848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}