The business travel and event planning operations, conducted by the division Eximtur Business, made up 63% of the turnover. The division saw a 15% increase in sales on the year in the first eight months of 2015. The most dynamic Eximtur Business center was that in Cluj-Napoca, reporting a 31% increase compared to January-August 2014, followed by Bucharest with a 17% increase, Sibiu (+12%) and Timisoara (+2%).
Romania, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Spain and Italy were Romanian tourists’ preferred travel destinations in the summer of 2015, but Greece saw the highest increase (+30%). The number of tourists using Eximtur services for their vacations abroad rose 16%.
The average value of a vacation stood at approximately RON850/person for destinations in Romania and at EUR350/person for destinations abroad.
During the autumn season, the company’s clients choose city-breaks in European cities, such as Rome, Venice, Paris and London, as well as extended weekends in the mountains and at spas in Romania.
Eximtur was founded in 1993 and is owned by local entrepreneurs Lucia and Radu Morariu. It runs 28 own and franchised agencies, in 18 cities in Romania. The company’s activity is organized in four divisions: business travel and event planning, leisure travel, incoming and tourism school.