{"id":124952,"date":"2015-01-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/ant-representatives-hoteliers-must-lower-rates-by-15-after-vat-cut\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T23:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T21:21:13","slug":"ant-representatives-hoteliers-must-lower-rates-by-15-after-vat-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/ant-representatives-hoteliers-must-lower-rates-by-15-after-vat-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"ANT Representatives: Hoteliers Must Lower Rates by 15% After VAT Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Simona Man, president of the National Authority for Tourism, ANT, stated that hoteliers must lower rates by 15%, after the VAT reduction, and the state will promote these reductions abroad, thus attracting 25% more tourists.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Simona Man estimates that following the promotion of the accommodation rate reductions, the number of foreign tourists in Romania will increase by about 25%.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The reduced VAT rate of 9% targets all types of tourist packages containing at least accommodation starting this year. Hoteliers have announced that the introduction of this facility will be followed by a reduction in rates by an average of 10% and an increase in the number of tourists.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In the period of January 28 \u2013 February 1, Romania was present at the FITUR tourism fair held in Madrid with a 175 sqm stand, where 27 exhibitors presented their offers, including agencies, hotels, airlines, and local authorities.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediafax.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Mediafax<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How does the 9% VAT reduction affect tourist packages?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The reduced VAT rate applies to all packages including accommodation, aiming to lower consumer prices and boost industry competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By how much should hotel rates decrease according to ANT?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ANT President Simona Man states that hoteliers should reduce rates by 15% to fully reflect the tax cut in their pricing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the estimated increase in foreign tourist numbers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Authorities estimate a 25% increase in foreign tourists following the promotion of these reduced accommodation rates abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simona Man, president of the National Authority for Tourism, ANT, stated that hoteliers must lower rates by 15%, after the VAT reduction, and the state will promote these reductions abroad, thus attracting 25% more tourists. Simona Man estimates that following the promotion of the accommodation rate reductions, the number of foreign tourists in Romania will&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2852],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-124952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hotels-restaurants"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hotelieri-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124952","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=124952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124952"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=124952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}