95% take-up at seaside resorts last weekend

Romania”s seaside resorts registered 95% occupancy rates last weekend for hotels, campsites and private accommodation, which together can hold 150,000 people, according to the Federation of Employer Associations in the Romanian Tourism Industry (FPTR). “The seaside hotels can accommodate approximately 70,000 people, with the remaining accommodation facilities covering the rest. The take-up this weekend reached 95%, with there being a few vacancies in each resort, including Mamaia, since many people make reservations and then don”t turn up,” FPTR”s executive director Dragos Raducanu explained. Mamaia was the resort in highest demand again, but tourists also favoured Eforie Nord, where occupancy reached 95-98%, as well as Saturn and Jupiter, with 90-95% take-up rates. Neptune and Venus also benefited from the wave of tourists that chose to spend last weekend at the seaside, with more than 80% of the available accommodation taken. “I believe these occupancy levels will maintain this week because we are in effect at the peak of the season. Most tourists normally come to the seaside around July 15, but the bad weather this year has pushed peak season to August 1-20,” said Raducanu. ZF