The company’s most dynamic division, EXIMTUR Business, saw an increase of 16% in 2016, accounting for 69% of the overall turnover. The increase is due to extending the portfolio of business clients by 20%, compared with the previous year, and to an increase in the number of trips and events organized for existing clients, the company said in a statement.
As regards trips abroad, business travel services (accommodation, rent-a-car, transfers) rose 17.5%, and the most sought-after destination is Germania.
The company’s solvency indicators, according to the latest annual balance for 2015: solvency 2.16%, financial autonomy 54.07%, net assets (EUR2,391,486). In 2016, Eximtur served 236,000 clients and paid over EUR1 million in taxes to the Romanian state.
As regards the leisure division, over 80,000 of Eximtur clients spent their vacations in Romania in 2016, and over 35,000 opted for trips abroad. The destinations in Romania saw an increase of 48% in sales, compared with 2015.
The best-selling international destinations in 2016 include Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria and Spain.
Eximtur, which was established in 1993, has 28 own and franchised agencies, in 19 cities in Romania. The company’s activity is organized in four divisions: business travel and event planning, leisure travel, incoming and tourism school. The Eximtur Business division is present in four major urban centers: Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara and Sibiu.
At the end of 2016, the company had 156 employees.