{"id":123916,"date":"2016-01-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/over-600000-tourists-visited-bran-castle-in-2015\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T18:40:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:40:42","slug":"over-600000-tourists-visited-bran-castle-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/over-600000-tourists-visited-bran-castle-in-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 600,000 Tourists Visited Bran Castle in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In 2015, the Black Church, Bran Castle, and Rasnov Fortress were visited by over 1.2 million tourists, an increase compared to the previous year.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The most visited attraction was Bran Castle, which saw 602,142 tourists last year, compared to 550,465 in 2014, stated Bran Castle representative Alexandru Priscu.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This is followed by Rasnov Fortress, which was visited by 363,000 people, compared to 241,000 in 2014.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Mayor of Rasnov, Adrian Vestea, stated that in the coming years, this city landmark is expected to attract over 500,000 visitors annually.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Black Church was visited by 250,000 tourists in 2015, mostly foreigners. In 2014, the site was visited by 210,000 people.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>An increasing number of tourists are also seeking out Fagaras Fortress, after it received the Certificate of Excellence in tourism from the travel site TripAdvisor in 2015, and in 2014 was considered the second most beautiful castle in the world, surpassed only by Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany, according to a ranking by Hopper, a site dedicated to travel planning, and presented by the Huffington Post.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thus, while in 2014 Fagaras Fortress was visited by 55,000 tourists, 30% of whom were foreign, last year over 100,000 people visited the site.<\/div>\n<div><\/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>Which was the most visited tourist attraction in the Brasov region in 2015?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bran Castle was the most popular site, attracting 602,142 visitors, followed by Rasnov Fortress and the Black Church.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did Fagaras Fortress perform in terms of visitor numbers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fagaras Fortress saw a significant increase, doubling its visitor count from 55,000 in 2014 to over 100,000 in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What international recognition did Fagaras Fortress receive?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was ranked the second most beautiful castle in the world by Hopper and received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015, the Black Church, Bran Castle, and Rasnov Fortress were visited by over 1.2 million tourists, an increase compared to the previous year. The most visited attraction was Bran Castle, which saw 602,142 tourists last year, compared to 550,465 in 2014, stated Bran Castle representative Alexandru Priscu. This is followed by Rasnov Fortress, which&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2859],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-123916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stirea-editiei-en"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/topstory.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123916","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=123916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123916"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=123916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}