Romanian tourists spend 450 euros on holiday

The amounts allocated by the Romanian tourists for their holiday have constantly risen over the last few years, side by side with wages, with the average spending reaching about 450 euros, travel agencies say. Another visible trend this year is the increase in the number of Romanians purchasing expensive holiday packages, at prices of over 1,000 euros, to exotic or faraway destinations. “We have noticed an increase in the amounts allocated for holidays, but their value depends on the area. (They are) higher in Bucharest and Timisoara and lower in Cluj, for instance. As for the number of those who pick holidays of over 1,000 euros, we’ve had an increase of 100%. The same stands for those that go to exotic destinations,” the general manager of Eximtur, Lucia Morariu stated. The explanation for this trend resides in part with the increase in the living standards and in part with the desire of a growing number of Romanians to travel to destinations located farther away from their country. Still, Greece, Turkey, Spain and Italy remained the foreign locations in highest demand this year, with Bulgaria witnessing one of the biggest increases of all. “I believe over 150,000 Romanians travelled abroad this summer. I think we’ll have a 10-15% growth,” Paralela 45’s general manager Alin Burcea feels. The general conclusion of the tour operators is that the number of Romanians who chose to spend their holiday abroad has gone up at the expense of the number of guests of the domestic seaside resorts.