“In Bucharest, a little more than one million nights spent in categorised accommodation units were registered”, National Statistics Institute (INS) representatives say.
At ZF’s request, the Institute sent data related to the number
of tourists registered in Romania’s biggest cities, such as
Bucharest, Constanța, Brașov, Timișoara, Cluj-Napoca and Iași. By
edition close, the institution did not send data linked to the
number of visitors of Sibiu, a major touristic barometer for
Romania.
Each tourist that arrived in Bucharest booked one or two
accommodation nights in January-July period. The Bucharest market
can accommodate 12,400 in hotel rooms, according to a survey by
Trend Hospitality. Bucharest hotels may have generated 47m euros in
the first seven months of the year, according to ZF estimates.
Revenues are largely derived from business travel.
While Bucharest leads in terms of the number of arrivals and spent
nights, amid business traffic, Constanța ranks second, but because
it receives tourists on holiday.
Only Brașov and Bucharest received more tourists than last year.
Another two cities analysed by ZF, Cluj-Napoca and Timișoara,
attracted fewer tourists in January-July period.