Romania was visited in 2014 by 1.91 million foreign tourists, up from 1.171 million in 2013.
According to the statistics bureau, 61.3% of the foreign tourist came in Romania for business, congresses, conferences, courses, fairs and exhibitions. Business travelers accounted for 68% of the overall spending.
The remainder of 38.7% of foreign tourists came for private trips (vacations, shopping, for cultural or sport events, medical treatments, visits at friends or relatives etc.) and they accounted for 32% of non-residents’ spending in Romania.
More than half of the funds (50.8%) were used for accommodation payments. Food&bar spending accounted for 16.1% of the total, and tourists used 11.9% of their money for shopping.
Most of foreign tourists came from Germany, Italy and Israel, according to the statistics office.