{"id":124236,"date":"2015-09-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/sibiu-included-for-the-third-consecutive-time-in-the-top-100-most-affordable-cities-worldwide-to-be-explored-in-2016\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T21:19:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:19:49","slug":"sibiu-included-for-the-third-consecutive-time-in-the-top-100-most-affordable-cities-worldwide-to-be-explored-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/sibiu-included-for-the-third-consecutive-time-in-the-top-100-most-affordable-cities-worldwide-to-be-explored-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Sibiu included for the third consecutive time in the top 100 most affordable cities worldwide to be explored in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Sibiu has been included for the third consecutive time in the annual Best Value Index ranking by Trivago. This time, the Romanian city managed to reach 6th place in the top 100 most affordable cities worldwide to be explored in 2016.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>While in the two previous editions of the Best Value Index by Trivago, Sibiu was part of the top 20 destinations with the best quality-price ratio in the world, alongside Brasov or Eforie Nord, this year it is the only city in Romania recommended to tourists interested in affordable vacations or holidays for 2016.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This situation is due to its Index, which increased on the current list from 96.02% to 96.55%. This is calculated based on the reputation of hotels in Sibiu and the average accommodation prices, which decreased from 275 RON\/night to 243 RON\/night.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The European destinations that managed to surpass the Romanian city in this ranking are Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria, and Novi Sad in Serbia.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>First place in the ranking is held by the Chinese city of Fenghuang, with an index value of 98.01%.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>To create this ranking, a minimum of 50 accommodation units were considered for each destination, comprising at least 150 user reviews.<\/div>\n<div><\/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>What is the Best Value Index?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Best Value Index is an annual ranking by Trivago that identifies global destinations offering the best balance between hotel reputation and average accommodation prices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why did Sibiu rank so high in 2016?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sibiu reached 6th place due to an improved index of 96.55%, driven by high hotel ratings and a decrease in average nightly rates to 243 RON.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which other Romanian cities were included in previous years?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In previous editions, cities like Brasov and Eforie Nord were also featured in the top 20 alongside Sibiu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sibiu has been included for the third consecutive time in the annual Best Value Index ranking by Trivago. This time, the Romanian city managed to reach 6th place in the top 100 most affordable cities worldwide to be explored in 2016. While in the two previous editions of the Best Value Index by Trivago, Sibiu&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-124236","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\/124236","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=124236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124236"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=124236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}