The owners of Romanian seaside hotels maintain that revenues collected this summer are as much as 20% lower than last year, with rooms mainly occupied during weekends.
“Whereas in 2009 I expected a tourism rebound this year, in late
August I felt that the situation was in fact significantly worse,”
stated Timișoara businessman Josef Goschy, one of the biggest
seaside hotel owners, who controls eight seaside hotels through
Unita Turism chain.
The revenues of the hotels he controls were 15% lower in the
June-August period against the previous season.
Nicolae Bucovală, owner of Tomis three-star hotel in Mamaia and
president of Mamaia Employers’ Association, also maintains that
June, July and August were slower than the same months of 2009,
with the revenues of the unit he controls falling by 5%.
This summer also brought lower revenues for the travel agencies
that sold holiday packages on the Romanian seaside.
While summer months brought weak results in terms of tourism
operators’ revenues, hotel owners expect clients in September, as
well.