{"id":124956,"date":"2015-01-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/over-80-of-foreign-tourists-visiting-romania-on-tours-are-retirees-over-65-years-old\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T23:21:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T21:21:41","slug":"over-80-of-foreign-tourists-visiting-romania-on-tours-are-retirees-over-65-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/over-80-of-foreign-tourists-visiting-romania-on-tours-are-retirees-over-65-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 80% of foreign tourists visiting Romania on tours are retirees over 65 years old"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Alexandru Marginean, director at Karpaten Turism agency, the Neckermann representative in Romania, stated that more than 80% of foreign tourists coming to Romania in organized groups through travel agencies are retirees, aged over 65. They come in groups of 30-40 people, generally for cultural tours in Transylvania or Danube cruises, which depart from Austria or Germany.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He stated that the age of foreigners arriving in Romania on Danube cruises is even higher than those on tours, exceeding 75 years in most cases. Tourists aged 90-95 have also come on such cruises.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Most are Germans, Austrians, Dutch, Swiss and, more recently, Poles, Marginean specified.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Neckermann representative explained that Romania is not considered a destination for young people from abroad and is not the first option for them.<\/div>\n<div><\/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>What is the average age of foreign tourists visiting Romania in organized groups?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over 80% of foreign tourists in organized groups are retirees aged 65 and over, with some cruise passengers reaching 90-95 years of age.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which countries do most foreign tourists in Romania come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The majority of foreign tourists come from Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Poland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the main attractions for foreign seniors in Romania?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Foreign seniors primarily visit Romania for cultural tours in Transylvania and Danube cruises departing from Central Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexandru Marginean, director at Karpaten Turism agency, the Neckermann representative in Romania, stated that more than 80% of foreign tourists coming to Romania in organized groups through travel agencies are retirees, aged over 65. They come in groups of 30-40 people, generally for cultural tours in Transylvania or Danube cruises, which depart from Austria or&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-124956","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\/124956","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=124956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124956"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=124956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}